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Too many Cooks? Committees in Monetary Policy

Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker - CESifo - 2008

How many people should decide about monetary policy? In this paper, we take an empirical perspective on this issue, analyzing the relationship between the number of monetary policy decision-makers and monetary policy outcomes. Using a new data set that characterizes Monetary Policy Committees...

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Central Bank Boards around the World: Why does Membership Size Differ?

Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker; Lybek, Tonny - CESifo - 2007

This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards across countries. Defining a board as the body that changes monetary instruments to achieve a specified target, we discuss the possible determinants of a board’s size. The empirical relevance of these factors is...

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What Determines Fiscal Policy? Evidence from German States

Berger, Helge; Holler, Anika - CESifo - 2007

statistical and quantitative terms. Finally, there is evidence that addressing governance problems and ensuring flexibility in …

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Institutional conditions and innovation systems: on the impact of regional policy on firms in different sectors

Moodysson, Jerker; Zukauskaite, Elena - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2012

on data on innovation networks and activities in the life science, media, and food industries. The theoretical framework …This paper deals with institutional conditions in regional innovation systems; how institutions affect the organization … of innovation activities among firms, and in what ways regional policy initiatives can be supportive. The analysis draws …

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Multiple Paths of Development: Knowledge Bases and Institutional Characteristics of the Swedish Food Sector

Zukauskaite, Elena; Moodysson, Jerker - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013

, focusing on the relation between institutions and innovation practices and taking into account the diversity of actors …

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Innovation in cultural industries: The role of university links

Zukauskaite, Elena - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2010

This paper analyses the role of university knowledge in innovation processes of cultural industries. Most of the … previous studies on cultural industries highlighted the importance of locally clustered firms in innovation processes. Studies … patterns and innovation processes of new media firms in Scania, Southern Sweden. The findings reveal that innovation …

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