This paper reports the results from a statistical analysis of pharmaceutical price negotiations in Germany, where the pricing system...

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

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

In view of the empty state coffers and the high public debt, the topic of subsidy reduction plays a major role in the economic policy...

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

Immigration has been considered critical for the emergence of a new cleavage in the European Union that pits the winners of...

We explore the network topology arising from a dataset of the overnight interbank transactions on the e-MID trading platform from...

We analyze the correlations in patterns of trading for members of the Italian interbank trading platform e-MID. The trading strategy...

Compared with China’s dominance in world trade, its expanding role in global finance is poorly documented and understood. ...

Sovereign defaults are bad news for investors and debtor countries, in particular if a default becomes messy and protracted. Why are...

We analyze the dynamics of the Japanese board network from 2004 until 2013. We find that the network exhibits some clustering with...

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

The extent to which individuals cooperate depends on the context. This study analyzes how interactions of workplace context elements...

We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that...

Bilateral trade balances often play an important role in the international trade policy debate. Academic economists understand that...

Understanding what determines the extent to which economic agents tell the truth to their regulating authority is of major ...

The gender gap in risk-taking is often used to explain differences in labor market outcomes. Some studies, however, suggest that this...

Do the U.S. have a current account surplus or a deficit with the EU? Since 2009, official sources disagree: The U.S. Department of...

Many Western countries face the challenge of reconciling future labor demand with growing public opposition to immigration. The...

Criminal law and economics rests on the expectation that deterrence incentives can be employed to reduce crime. Prison survey evidence...