We estimate empirically the impact of the insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC) on corporate leverage in India. The analysis builds on the Prowess database. For the estimations we use the difference in differences approach, where listed firms are used as the control group. We find that the IBC...

This paper studies the association between the levels of individual trust and individual economic performance. I distinguish between generalized trust, a proxy for beliefs about others' trustworthiness, and within-firm trust, i.e. trust in firm management and trust in colleagues. Using rich...

Do sanctions strengthen the targeted regime? I analyze the 2014 imposition of Western sanctions on Russia and its impact on voting. The United States and the European Union introduced targeted measures against Russian entities and individuals related to President Putin’s regime. Using polling...

How important is a relationship with a bank to a firm’s performance and survival? If firms can easily switch among different sources of credit supply, then the loss of any one source may have little implication for the firms that have borrowed from that source. However, to the extent that...

The conference will primarily consist of parallel sessions in which original research papers from all fields of competition law and economics may be presented. The parallel sessions will also include papers on business strategy related to competition, on the intersection between competition and...

The conference will provide an international platform for exchange and discussion between academic researchers and practitioners in public authorities, legal counsel, and economic consultancies. This year the topic is “The Law and Economics of Market Design”. The conference will consist of 4...

Das Ziel der Konferenz ist, eine Plattform für Austausch und Diskussion zu Forschungsthemen in den Bereichen Wettbewerb und Innovation zwischen Wissenschaftlern/-innen und Vertretern/-innen öffentlicher Behörden, Rechts- und Wirtschaftsberatungen zu schaffen. The aim of the conference is to...

The conference will primarily consist of parallel sessions in which original research papers from all fields of competition law and economics may be presented. The parallel sessions will also include papers on business strategy related to competition, on the intersection between competition and...

The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for exchange and discussion on topics in competition- and innovation-related research between academic researchers and practitioners in public authorities, legal counsel, and economic consultancies.

The objec­tive of the con­fer­ence is to pro­vide a plat­form for com­pe­ti­tion– and innovation-related research in eco­nom­ics and law. In 2015, both days of the conference will be dedicated to original research papers from all fields of competition law and economics. The sessions...