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Politics and the stock market : evidence from Germany
Döpke, Jörg (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002055097
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Bilateral trade and conflict heterogeneity : the impact of conflict on trade revisited
Kamin, Katrin - 2022
vulnerable to the repercussions of conflict. In this context, this paper analyses the relationship between trade and conflict … from a trade perspective: Using data from UCDP and COMTRADE this paper studies the effects of five different conflict types …, this paper finds that the heterogeneity of conflict types and their distinct characteristics matter for the magnitude and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266361
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Institutional constraints to political budget cycles in the enlarged EU
Ademmer, Esther; Dreher, Ferdinand - 2014
This paper revisits Political Budget Cycles (PBCs) in the enlarged European Union (EU). Based on a panel of 25 current EU member states from 1996 to 2012, we show that governments frequently fiscally stimulate the economy prior to elections; a phenomenon that is seemingly not only an ‘Eastern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416670
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Bread and bullets
Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413959
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Whole versus shared ownership of foreign affiliates
Raff, Horst (contributor); Ryan, Michael (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper studies why multinational firms often share ownership of a foreign affiliate with a local partner even in the absence of government restrictions on ownership. We show that shared ownership may arise, if (i) the partner owns assets that are potentially important for the investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726051
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Are they really rational? : Assessing professional macro-economic forecasts from the G7-countries
Dovern, Jonas (contributor); Weisser, Johannes (contributor) - 2008
In this paper, we use survey data to analyze the rationality of professional macroeconomic forecasts. We analyze both individual forecasts and average forecasts. We provide evidence on the properties of forecasts for all the G7-counties and four different macroeconomic variables. Furthermore, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003756515
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Organizational forms for global engagement of firms
Bogheas, Sprios (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor) - 2008
do more than one of those activities. In our estimation we consider the relationship between productivity all the choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003757573
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Keeping a low profile : what determines the allocation of aid by non-governmental organizations?
Koch, Dirk-Jan; Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; … - 2008
NGOs play an important role in international development cooperation, but the allocation of NGO aid has rarely been mapped, let alone explained. Based on a representative dataset for 61 important NGOs from various OECD countries, we analyze the targeting of NGO aid across a large number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003650826
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The democratic transition : a study of the causality between income and the Gastil democracy index
Paldam, Martin (contributor); Gundlach, Erich (contributor) - 2008
The paper considers the transformation of the political system as countries pass through the Grand Transition from a poor developing country to a wealthy developed country. In the process most countries change from an authoritarian to a democratic political system. This is shown by using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764598
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Sentiment dynamics and stock returns : the case of the German stock market
Lux, Thomas (contributor) - 2008
We use weekly survey data on short-term and medium-term sentiment of German investors in order to study the causal relationship between investors' mood and subsequent stock price changes. In contrast to extant literature for other countries, a tri-variate vector autoregression for short-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003785005