We study how public school teachers use paid sick leave. Most U.S. sick leave schemes operate as individualized credit accounts – paid leave is earned and unused leave accumulates, producing an employee-specific…
Partners in R&D alliances and joint ventures are rarely symmetric, yet whether asymmetry helps or hurts collaboration is not fully understood. We study how asymmetry in competitors’ information endowments…
Strengthening private-sector innovation is considered a key prerequisite for Germany’s and Europe’s long-term competitiveness. Public procurement can serve as an instrument in this regard, but it has so far been…
Finanzwissen gewinnt angesichts komplexer werdender Finanzprodukte, digitalisierter Finanzmärkte und wachsender Eigenverantwortung bei Altersvorsorge und Geldanlage an Bedeutung. Der Beitrag untersucht den…
Public organizations rely on open innovation to maintain and improve public service performance. Suppliers are a key source of such innovation. Public contracting authorities act as the interface between public…
Over the past decade, the European Union has built a comprehensive supranational framework to combat corporate tax avoidance. This article provides the first integrated assessment of the EU's post-2015…
Many countries limit how long a worker may be kept on a temporary contract, yet little is known about how firms and workers respond when this maximum duration is tightened. Does a shorter cap simply displace…