This paper introduces a new dataset of official financing — including foreign aid and other forms of concessional and non-concessional...

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

This article advances our understanding of differences in hybrid stability by going beyond existing regime typologies that separate...

The paper re‐examines the real effects of credible disinflation in the presence of real wage rigidities and non‐linear dynamics. A...

This article investigates whether China’s foreign aid is particularly prone to capture by political leaders of aid-receiving...

This paper studies the relationship between firm markups and importing intermediate inputs and exporting using detailed firm-level...

Germany will reintroduce parity funding of the statutory health insurance scheme in 2019 by lowering the contribution rates for...

If the monetary authority lacks commitment, a monetary union can dominate flexible exchange rates. With forward-looking staggered...

The costs and benfits of moving from a flexible exchange rate regime to a monetary union depend critically on the conduct of monetary...

We investigate the relationship of the new wave of digitalization of occupations with entry into different types of entrepreneurship...

We investigate the impact of new digital technologies upon occupations. We argue that these impacts may be both destructive and...

Sudan is a country with a predominantly rainfed agriculture which is a major contributor to GDP, foreign exchange earnings, and...

This paper examines how military spending and spending on military research and development has affected macroeconomic productivity...

The present analysis addresses the problems associated with technology transfer from the defense and space sectors. On this basis, the...

This paper summarizes the effects of defense and aerospace spending on capital formation, technical progress, employment, inflation...

The gender gap in risk-taking is often used to explain differences in labor market outcomes. Yet, a number of studies suggest that...