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The "multicrisis" of European integration from the euro debt crisis through the migration dispute to Brexit has kicked-off a comprehensive reform debate. This debate covers the evolution of European Monetary…

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• Economic Sentiment for China Continues to Rise Slightly: CEP Indicator Has Risen to a New Reading of 13,5 Points
• 26 analysts participated in the February survey, which was conducted during the period 6 till 21…

In this article, we examine anti-foreigner hate crime in the wake of the large influx of asylum seekers to Germany in 2014 and 2015. By exploiting the quasi-experimental assignment of asylum seekers to German…

• Erwartungen nahezu unverändert bei schwächelnder konjunktureller Lage
• Eurozone: Einschätzung der Konjunkturlage verschlechtert sich weiter
• USA: Konjunktureinschätzungen nahezu unverändert
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Voluntary environmental management programs for firms have become an increasingly popular instrument of environmental policy. However, the literature’s conclusion on the effectiveness of such programs is…

This paper studies the effect of forward contracts on the stability of collusion among firms, competing in supply functions on the spot market. A forward market can increase the range of discount factors which…

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We investigate how the introduction of an Active Choice requirement influences subject proclivity to contribute to an impure public good in one time and repeated interactions. In a large-scale field experiment,…