Infrastructure Project of the DFG-CRC „Rationality & Competition“

Tasks

Since January 2017 the EBDC is part of the infrastructure project (INF) of the collaborative research center (CRC) “Rationality & Competition”, which is funded by the German science foundation (DFG) and backed by several research institutions from Munich and Berlin. The members of the CRC analyse individual- and firmlevel (ir-)rational decision behaviour in a competitive environment and investigate suitable policy responses in such situations to prevent market failure. The infrastructure project supports and connects all CRC members and subprojects in their research activities to use synergies efficiently.

Methods

The EBDC focusses on four main measures to archive this goal

1. The EBDC supports and coordinates data collection efforts for all CRC members administratively and methodically to ensure an efficent use of resources.
2. The EBDC gives recommendations and guidelines on research data management (data documentation, data management, data access). In this regard the EBDC is responsible for data archiving and data publication to promote replications and secondary studies on behalf of the CRC members.
3. The EBDC provides a secure infrastructure to work with confidential data.
4.  In addition, the EBDC provides training and expertise on data collection methodology for surveys and experiments, data protection rules and principles of good scientific practice.

Data Sources

Self-collected and external survey data, field experiment data and lab experiment data, Internet data.