West Germany. In the background of this analysis, the influence of institutions on the allocation of resources is examined …In this paper institutions are understood as rules of individual behavior. The focus is on the impacts of institutions …

formerly socialist (rather gender-equal) East Germany and the capitalist (rather gender-traditional) West Germany shaped … couples in West (but not East) Germany diminished the wife’s labor market outcomes in order to avoid situations where she … would earn more than him. However, the significance of the male breadwinner prescription seems to decline in West Germany …

-distance transmission lines. Recently, decentralized local power markets have evolved, often as isolated networks based on solar generation … identify positive network externalities that make larger markets more attractive but lead to inefficiencies where networks …

): "Moreover, "third factors", such as a country's legal system and political institutions certainly drive both financial and …

discontinuity designs to show that unemployment does not increase in regions with robust programs while rising up to seventeen …

This paper sheds new light on how African countries’ legal systems and institutions influence the governance and …-in-difference approach, we also reveal that those reforms mediate the impact of institutions on banks. If countries have a corporate …

regulations, affect HGF development across European regions. Using data from Eurostat, OECD, WEF, and Gothenburg University, we …