This paper uses firm-level survey responses across more than 100 emerging and developing countries to examine whether female managers...

Although there is a host of literature on the locational choice of traditional economy firms, relatively little is known about the...

Sovereign governments owe debt to many foreign creditors and can choose which creditors to favor when making payments. This paper...

Large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) typically depend on strong formal institutions and market-oriented intensive farming,...

Little is known about foreign aid provided by private donors. This paper contributes to closing this research gap by comparing the...

Angesichts der leeren Staatskassen und der hohen öffentlichen Verschuldung spielt das Thema Subventionsabbau in der...

We explore the uses of double-calibrated general equilibrium models as a decomposition tool for analysing contributory factors in the...

Mindfulness could influence economic and health related behaviour by bringing about increased and unbiased attention to the present...

Due to their well-known indeterminacies, factor models require identifying assumptions to guarantee unique parameter estimates. For...

The desirability of flexible exchange rates is a central tenet in international macroeconomics. We show that, with forward-looking...

We investigate the impact of errors in medium run tax revenue forecasts on the final budget balance. Our analysis is based on fiscal...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Zusammenhänge zwischen Erdölpreisen, Kraftstoffpreisen, verbrauchten Mengen und dem...

Die Empfänger von Arbeitslosengeld II werden bei Arbeitsaufnahme oder bei einer Ausweitung ihres Arbeitseinsatzes hoch besteuert. ...

We analyze cyclical co-movement in credit, house prices, equity prices, and long-term interest rates across 17 advanced economies....

Does distance matter for the volatility of international real and financial transactions? We show that it does, in addition to its...

We study the impact of monetary conditions on the supply of mortgage credit by banks to households. Using comprehensive credit...

Nach der deutschen Vereinigung wurde eine Vielzahl von Maßnahmen ergriffen, um die Infrastruktur in den neuen Bundesländern zu...

We examine the role of local need and various distortions in the design and implementation of United Nations flash appeal triggered in...

In diesem Bericht werden der Stand der wirtschaftlichen und strukturellen Entwicklung, die Fortschritte beim Aufbau einer...