We empirically investigate whether the persistence of politicians in political institutions affects the innovation …' innovation activity. However, once the causal effect is isolated by means of instrumental variables, using death of politicians … persistence and the probability of process innovation. This finding is consistent with the view that political stability may …

-return characteristics of the selected innovation project and the mode of commercialization chosen by entrepreneurs (market entry versus sale … desire of governments to foster risky 'breakthrough' innovations. -- business taxation ; innovation ; market entry …

crisis. Using common factor analysis, we demonstrate that people’s lives are mainly affected in two ways: First, a notable … fraction of the population is concerned that they or their family members and friends may get infected with the coronavirus …. Second, many people suffer from socio-economic consequences of the crisis, including a discontinuation of employment, a …

This paper analyzes the initial impact and recovery of globally engaged firms from the COVID-19 crisis. It uses rich … globally engaged firms is their heightened response to the crisis by finding novel ways to adapt supply chains even in the …

We investigate how preferences have been affected by exposure to the COVID-19 crisis. Our main contributions are: first … effects of the crisis, we also analyze within each wave during the crisis, how differential exposure to the crisis in the … health and financial domain affects preferences. We find that preferences remain remarkably stable during the crisis …

context of the COVID-19 crisis in Germany. Employment responses differed widely across local labour markets, with differences … difference-in-differences approach with a continuous treatment, we find that pre-crisis digital capital potential reduced short …

To analyze the impact of labor scarcity on technology adoption and innovation, this study uses the differential spread …, had a positive and significant shortrun effect on technology adoption and innovation in agriculture but a negative and …