"While providing the most reliable method of evaluating social programs, randomized experiments in industrial and developing countries alike are accompanied by political risks and ethical issues that jeopardize the chances of adopting them. Buddelmeyer and Skoufias use a unique data set from...

Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit den Determinanten erfolgreicher F&E-Kooperationen und dem Einfluss von Innovationspolitik auf das Entstehen dieser Kooperationen beziehungsweise die Diffusion der Ergebnisse aus diesen kooperativen Innovationstätigkeiten. Die konzeptionelle Grundlage...

"Are natural resources a blessing or a curse? Bravo-Ortega and De Gregorio present a model in which natural resources have a positive effect on the level of income and a negative effect on its growth rate. The positive and permanent effect on income implies a welfare gain. There is a growth...