Knowledge and technological change are often assumed to be the driving forces for long run economic growth. Regions with a higher level of knowledge compared to other regions exhibit a higher per-capita income…

• Erholung verlangsamt sich etwas
• EZB: Experten erwarten zunehmend eine Normalisierung der Geldpolitik
• USA: Experten bewerten die Konjunkturlage deutlich besser
• Japan: Auslandsnachfrage und Konjunkturprogramme…

The change in the business model of venture capitalists from investing locally towards investing across borders started to intensify in the late 1990s. Compared to domestic investments, cross-border investments…

Research in real estate finance and economics has been dealing with the topic of efficiency in the U.S. housing market for over 25 years. However, most recent research either examines local markets based on…

In this paper, we analyze the role of personality traits for female labor force participation. While research on the role of cognitive skills for individual labor market success has a long tradition in…

The recent financial crisis has put the German banking sector under enormous pressure. Besides the macroeconomic drivers like, for example, the expansionary monetary policy in major countries, insufficient risk…

• Switzerland: Economic Expectations Diminish Marginally
• Eurozone: Economic Situation Looks Somewhat Less Weak
• USA: Hardly any Change in Economic Expectations
• Japan: Inflation Expectations Continue to Decline
• Great…

• Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe Recover
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Economic Expectations Improve
• Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Economic Outlook Brightens Up
• Special Question: Impact…