We establish a causal role for banking access in the spread of the Industrial Revolution over the period 1817–1881 by exploiting...

The present paper explores the persistence of the deviations between market prices on one side and either production or direct prices...

This paper examines the determinants of identity theft, focusing especially on the influence of internet diffusion. Results, based on...

We analyse the link between internet use and foreign sourcing of services and materials inputs. In our empirical analysis using firm...

Starting from the observation that all firms in Ireland (foreign and domestic in manufacturing and services industries) were hit by...

In this paper we test for the gravitation of regulating return rates, namely those return rates yielded by capital goods incorporating...

This paper discusses alternative measures of cultural diversity to be used in subsequent investigations of the impacts of cultural...

Resorting to stationary and non-stationary panel data econometrics we offer tests for "Ricardo's 93% theory of value" for 10 OECD...

This study explores aggregate profitability in Italy from 1994 to 2008 in its connection with structural change and gender employment...

We identify the causal effect of trade-integration with China and Eastern Europe on voting in Germany from 1987 to 2009. Looking at...

Using a novel, augmented two–sector endogenous growth model appropriate for a small, open economy characterised by human capital...

It is often the case that an endogenous treatment variable causally affects an intermediate variable that in turn causally affects a...

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

The paper provides firm-level insights into the drivers of foreign technology licensing from the perspective of the licensee, using...

When preparing a research article, academics engage in informal intellectual collaboration by asking their colleagues for feedback....

This volume brings together research papers dealing with the causes and consequences of offshoring. The first part considers causes...

We exploit Germany’s reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university...

The article analyses the interrelation between unemployment and new business formation using panel data for a large cross-section of...

We analyze the interdependence between green attitude and equilibrium development of environmental quality in an endogenous growth...

This article employs quarterly U.S. state-level data from 2009 to 2015 to estimate the demand for beer. Other contributions of this...