Erster Teil -- Zum Begriff der Kreativen Industrien -- Zur Theorie der Kreativen Industrien -- Kreative Industrien im Internationalen Überblick -- Zweiter Teil -- Von der Theorie zur Empirie -- Kreative Industrien Berlins im Überblick -- Kreative Industrien Berlins im Detail -- Exkurs:...

Investment is crucial to the development of a nation`s economy and welfare. In contrast to the situation in the United States, investment activity in Europe has been quite modest over the past few years. This volume gathers together a number of papers by prominent researchers in the field of...

This paper investigates the role of fiscal guarantees in promoting infrastructure investment. Infrastructure is a critical driver of economic growth, but infrastructure entails significant up-front costs that yield benefits after a time lag. Investors hesitate to put their money down on private...