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According to many studies it is a commonly held view among economists that the level of countries’ institutional development is positively associated with economic growth. Among other factors, this interrelation…

• Economic Expectations Remain "Good" – Initial Tapering Scare Digested
• Long-Term Interest Rate Expectations Shaped by Mild Tightening of US Monetary Policy
• Inflation Expectations Fall Slightly
• Exchange Rates…

• Positive Grundstimmung unter den Finanzmarktexperten hält weiter an
• EZB: Zinserwartungen leicht gestiegen
• USA: Konjunkturelle Lage stark verbessert
• Japan: Lageindikator wieder im positiven Bereich
• Großbritannien:…

We analyze the treatment and impact of idiosyncratic or firm-specific risk in regulation. Regulatory authorities regularly ignore firm-specific characteristics, such as size or asset ages, implying different…

There remains considerable scholarly debate about the role that prior entrepreneurial experience plays in new venture survival. Drawing on entrepreneurial learning theories, we use panel data on 8,400 new…

This report on indicators of energy innovation system is produced in the context of the “EIS – Strategic research alliance for Energy Innovation Systems and their dynamics – Denmark in global competition” as…

We examine the effect of salient international soccer tournaments on the motivation of unemployed individuals to search for employment using the German Socio Economic Panel 1984 - 2010. Exploiting the random…