Lebenslanges Lernen und individuelle Beschäftigungsfähigkeit sind seit einiger Zeit zu zentralen Zielen der europäischen Beschäftigungs- und Berufsbildungspolitik geworden. Sie haben die bisher vorherrschenden Ziele der Transparenz und Anerkennung von Qualifikationen und der Sicherung der...

The outcomes of a special Eurobarometer survey, carried out in spring 2005, provided for the first time an insight into attitudes and opinions of citizens in the new member states towards lifelong learning. This report provides a detailed analysis of this survey. Taking into account the results...

The economic literature on the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) establishes empirical evidence for culturally-biased voting, more precisely also biases based on geographical closeness, political relations, ethnical and linguistic affinity. The Bundesvision Song Contest (BSC), a similar contest with...

The combination of the digitalization of cultural goods and facilitated cross-border availability through the internet fuels a globalization process that is often said to cause a homogenization of demand across countries, in particular, for entertainment goods as music and movies. In the markets...

This paper investigates the stock market reaction to a change in investor mood following the Eurovision Song Contest—an annual international song competition and one of the most-watched non-sporting events globally. Contrary to existing literature on international competitions, we find a...