In contrast to earlier field studies, we survey German public savings banks on their management of capital. We find …

attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand … to study the effects of ethnic diversity. Many of these studies have appeared since the pioneering survey by Alesina and … La Ferrara (2005a), and have not been covered by a survey before. …

Our survey reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on all alternative policies to promote the deployment of …-profitable ('white') areas. Our survey identifies the most significant research gaps, finding that numerous studies related to the impact …

survey conducted among mayors in the German state of Baden-Württemberg to show that the perceived intensity of competition …

step, we analyze a unique survey of members of all 16 German state parliaments and show that the debt brake's credibility … is far from perfect. The heterogeneity of compliance expectations in the survey closely corresponds to our theoretical …

survey conducted among mayors in the German state of Baden-Württemberg to show that the perceived intensity of competition …

Prior research shows long-run productivity growth in agriculture is associated with increases in the stock of public … knowledge. In this paper, we examine the possibility that public knowledge contributes to productivity through its relationship … productivity in agriculture. Bibliographic information identifies the nature and degree to which firms use public agricultural …

productivity but the combination of IT and decentralization does not yield a productivity premium. Contrarily, for the sample of … larger firms, the results show that the productivity of IT depends positively on decentralization. The findings suggest that …

Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two …