1. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Finding Starting-Values for the Estimation of Vector STAR Models

    This paper focuses on finding starting-values for the estimation of Vector STAR models. Based on a Monte Carlo study, different procedures are evaluated. Their performance is assessed with respect to model fit…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Infrastructure and Entrepreneurship

    This paper is one of the first studies to examine the link between infrastructure and entrepreneurship. Because infrastructure can enhance connectivity and linkages that facilitate the recognition of…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Demographic Ageing and the Polarization of Regions - An Exploratory Space-Time Analysis

    Demographic ageing is expected to affect labour markets in very different ways on a regional scale. Contributing to this debate, we explore the spatio-temporal patterns of recent distributional changes in the…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Invention in Energy Technologies: Comparing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Inventions at the Firm Level

    Many countries, especially in Europe, have ambitious goals to transform their national energy systems towards renewable energies. Technological change in both renewable production and efficient use of energy can…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2015

    The Impact of Fundamental and Financial Traders on the Term Structure of Oil

    We study how the exposure of fundamental and financial traders affects the futures curve of WTI oil and the market integration between WTI and Brent as measured by their price spread. To obtain a parsimonious…