1. Refereed Journal // 2023

    Immigrant religious practices and criminality: The case of Ramadan

    Ramadan has attracted negative publicity and criticism in Western countries with large Muslim immigrant populations. Are these attitudes justified? Does the behavior of Muslim immigrants negatively affect host…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2023

    From participants to citizens? Democratic voting rights and naturalisation behaviour

    This paper examines the causal effect of the possibility to vote on foreigners’ propensity to naturalise – a key indicator of successful integration. Based on Swedish administrative data and an institutional…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2023

    The digital layer: alternative data for regional and innovation studies

    The lack of large-scale data revealing the interactions among firms has constrained empirical studies. Utilizing relational web data has remained unexplored as a remedy for this data problem. We constructed a…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2023

    Reaching beyond the acquirer-target dyad in M&A – Linkages to external knowledge sources and target firm valuation

    Access to unique knowledge of a target firm is the strategic rationale for many firm acquisitions with the expectation of improving the acquirer's innovation performance. We argue that the acquisition price…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2023

    Innovation in hyperlink and social media networks: Comparing connection strategies of innovative companies in hyperlink and social media networks

    This paper seeks to unveil how (geospatial) connection strategies associated with business innovation, differ between geolocated social media and hyperlink company networks. Thereby, we provide a first step…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2023

    German Financial State Aid During COVID-19 Pandemic: Higher Impact Among Digitalized Self-Employed

    In response to strong revenue and income losses facing a large share of self-employed individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency-aid program. Based on…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2023

    The Distorting Effects of Imputation Systems on Tax Competition in the EU

    The design of corporate income tax systems and thus the taxation of (cross-border) dividends are encompassed within the sovereignty of the Member States of the European Union (EU). However, these rules are…

  8. Refereed Journal // 2023

    Measuring Process Innovation Output in Firms: Cost Reduction versus Quality Improvement

    Process innovation is an important part of the innovation activities of firms and supposed to significantly contribute to the returns from innovation. Analysing this link is complicated, however, due to a lack…