We investigate whether ideology drives the sentiments of parliamentarians when they speak to the central bank they hold accountable. To this end, we collect textual data on the quarterly hearings of the ECB President before the European Parliament from 1999 to 2019. We apply sentiment analysis...

Monetary policy in the euro area is conducted within a multi-country, multicultural, and multi-lingual context involving multiple central banking traditions. How does this heterogeneity affect the ability of economic agents to understand and to anticipate monetary policy by the ECB? Using a...

Zeitgeist: Gegenwart – Fundamente – Strukturen – Wendepunkte -- Zwang: Durst – Hunger – Stillstand – Krankheit – Mangel – Arbeitslosigkeit – Verkehrskontrolle -- Zukunft: Verantwortung – Freiheit – Regionalraum – Südwind.

Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Property and Contract -- Mathematical Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Property and Contract -- The Property Fallacy in Capital Theory and Corporate Finance Theory -- The Arrow-Debreu Model -- Marginal Productivity Theory -- Marxism as the Ultimate...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Inherited Underdevelopment? -- Chapter 3: Overcoming Underdevelopment? -- Chapter 4: Brazilians, the Architects of Brazil? -- Chapter 5: A Neanderthal in Spacesuit -- Chapter 6: Institutional Complementarity, not rent, is the recipe of Brazil’s economic...

Ohne Sonnenenergie kein irdisches Leben – Klimaänderungen I natürlichen Ursprungs -- Ein bisschen Thermodynamik -- Energieeinheiten: Kilowatt ist nicht Kilowattstunde! -- Verbrennungsprozesse und ihre Folgen -- „Umpflügen der Erde“ der wachsenden Menschheit - Klimaänderung I --...

Economic policy makers, international organisations and private-sector forecasters commonly use short-term forecasts of real GDP growth based on monthly indicators, such as industrial production, retail sales and confidence surveys. An assessment of the reliability of such tools and of the...

Monetary policy in the euro area is conducted within a multi-country, multicultural, and multi-lingual context involving multiple central banking traditions. How does this heterogeneity affect the ability of economic agents to understand and to anticipate monetary policy by the ECB? Using a...

This book focuses on the concept of “brand hate” and consumer negativity in today’s digital markets. It explores the emotional detachment consumers generate against valued brands and how negative experiences affect their and other consumers' loyalty. It is almost impossible not to run into...

This book presents the complete and pioneering works of the great Spanish economist, Germán Bernácer (1883-1965), to an English audience for the first time. Bernácer, the first director of the Research Service of the Bank of Spain (1930-55), inspired Keynes’ theory but was also a major...