We propose a simple explanation for the long-run decline in the startup rate. It was caused by a slowdown in labor supply growth since the late 1970s, largely pre-determined by demographics. This channel explains roughly two-thirds of the decline and why incumbent firm survival and average...

Thematic Workshops: Workshop 1 – Areas of concern and proposals for less unequal worlds Workshop 2 – Unequal access to “invisible or online” education for those who already suffered from unequal access to “visible or in-person” education Workshop 3 – The Pandemic and the growing...

Die Frage der Geschlechtergerechtigkeit beschäftigt zunehmend auch die noch stark traditionell geprägte Finanzbranche. In der gemeinsamen Vortragsveranstaltung von CFS und IBF nehmen Dieter Ziegler und Claudia Rasper die historische und die aktuelle Entwicklung in den Blick und geben damit...

Am 29.09.2022 hat die Projektgruppe Gemeinschaftsdiagnose der führenden deutschen Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitute ihr Herbstgutachten über die Entwicklung der Weltwirtschaft und der deutschen Wirtschaft vorgelegt. Mit dem Titel „Energiekrise: Inflation, Rezession, Wohlstandsverlust“...

We provide evidence for a causal link between the US economy and the global financial cycle. Using a unique intraday dataset, we show that US macroeconomic news releases have large and significant effects on global risky asset prices. Stock price indexes of 27 countries, the VIX, and commodity...

We present evidence that the rise in inflation in Japan since 2014 is a result of a hidden stagflation: the relative prices of durable consumption and ICT investment goods stopped declining, reflecting technology stagnation and exerting an inflationary pressure on the economy and; the real side...

It is our pleasure to host the German Finance Association’s first Women-in-Finance Event at the annual meeting in Marburg and we cordially invite all female finance researchers to participate. Please forward this announcement to female doctoral candidates and postdocs in your team, if...

Professors Eric Ghysels, Massimiliano Marcellino and Jonas Straukas will a three-day course entitled “What's New in Mixed Frequency Data (MIDAS), with Applications to Machine Learning and Big Data”. The focus of the course is the use of mixed frequency data in economics and finance. A...

Seit einem Jahr beherrscht die Inflation wieder die Schlagzeilen, und das nicht nur in Deutschland. Mit dem Krieg in der Ukraine erreichen die Inflationsraten neue Rekordhöhen. Die Antworten auf die Fragen: „Wie lässt sich die hohe Inflationsrate erklären? Inwieweit ist die...

The course has several educational objectives. The first objective is to broaden the participants' knowledge concerning the various qualitative approaches, as well as to outline their potential for doctoral dissertations in the area of business research in various European countries. The third...