1. Refereed Journal // 2019

    Knowledge proximity and firm innovation: A microgeographic analysis for Berlin

    We analyse the geographic proximity of innovative firms to different types of knowledge sources in an urban environment on a microgeographic scale. Based on a comprehensive panel data set of manufacturing and…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2019

    Politicians’ promotion incentives and bank risk exposure in China

    This paper shows that politicians’ pressure to climb the career ladder increases bank risk exposure in their region. Chinese local politicians are set growth targets in their region that are relative to each…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2019

    Gender, Informal Employment and Trade Liberalization in Mexico

    We study how import liberalization affects formal employment across gender. The theory offers a mechanism to explain how male and female formal employment shares can respond differently to trade liberalization…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2019

    Policy design for the Anthropocene

    Today, more than ever, ‘Spaceship Earth’ is an apt metaphor as we chart the boundaries for a safe planet1. Social scientists both analyse why society courts disaster by approaching or even overstepping these…