country in the world along the economic, social and political dimension. The original index was introduced by Dreher (2006 …We introduce the revised version of the KOF Globalisation Index, a composite index measuring globalization for every …) and updated in Dreher et al. (2008). This second revision of the index distinguishes between de facto and de jure measures …

usefulness for forecasting real oil prices and global petroleum consumption. We find that world industrial production is one of … different sources we can do even better. Our analysis results in a new index of global economic conditions and new measures for …

index numbers and demand for characteristics to develop a new method for incorporating changes on the extensive …

contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous …

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the …

. Combining innovation data from world fairs and historical military data across Europe, we show that national military spending …We provide quantitative evidence on the relationship between military spending and innovation in the 19th century … is associated with national innovation towards war logistics such as food processing, but less towards war technology …

This paper develops a two-country, dynamic general equilibrium model with innovation contests to study the impact of … stochastic and sequential global innovation contests in which challengers devote resources to R&D to discover new products while … outsourcing of investment services. Globalization, captured by a move from autarky to the integrated-world equilibrium, leads to …

terms of foreign exchange market dynamics. An implementable financial stress index (FSI) is created and then used to … currencies) and we show that such an index has potential value in protecting a portfolio against loss during periods of stress …

environmentally-related taxes and tradable permits is likely to lead to greater technological innovation than more direct forms of … world economy. For a given level of policy stringency, countries with more flexible environmental policies are more likely … aspects of product and labour market regulation which have implications for technological innovation, such as product and …