The existence of trust in an IT-based service and its providers is an important basis for, amongothers, the decision to adopt and continuously use such services. It also improves the chances forthe successful collaboration in virtual teams and forming strategic alliances. Due to itsimportance...

In this paper, we compare the empirical properties of closed- and open-economy DSGEmodels estimated on Euro area data. The comparison is made along several dimensions;we examine the models in terms of their marginal likelihoods, forecasting performance,variance decompositions, and their...

The present paper examines the relationship between fixed-term employment and jobsatisfaction using individual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP).According to theoretical expectations, fixed-term employment should be associated with arelative low level of job satisfaction,...