Information frictions make foreign trade risky. Therefore, many countries offer export credit guarantees that insure export transactions against buyers' default. We investigate the causal effects of guarantees on firm performance. To overcome selection bias, we employ a quasi-experimental design...

The growing relevance, scale, and complexity of Business Intelligence (BI) entails the need to findagile and efficient solutions for the coordination of maintenance and release processes – underconsideration of the heterogeneity of the involved units on the IT and the business side. The...

Most OECD countries experience high unemployment rates and declining growth in higher educational attainment. An often suggested government policy is therefore to allocate resources towards formal schooling for adults. However, returns on such investments are uncertain and the foregone earnings...