Die Eroberung der Stadtnacht ist an die Verfügbarkeit der künstlichen Beleuchtung gebunden und erfolgte daher menschheitsgeschichtlich sehr spät. Stadtnacht wird trotz aller Erschließung - die allerdings weit von 24/7 entfernt ist - weiterhin als "anderer" Zeit-Raum wahrgenommen. Zum einen...

A strong private equity market is a cornerstone for commercialization and innovation in modern economies. However, substantial differences exist in the relative amounts raised and invested in private equity across European countries. We investigate the macro-determinants of private equity...

As policymakers refocus on growth, the ability to take a firm-level view is key to disentangling the various factors at the root of competitiveness, and thus to designing appropriate policies. Firm-level data provides critical information for the design of appropriate competitiveness measures...

The present paper examines the degree of comovement of gross capital inflows, which is a highly sensitive issue for policy makers. We estimate a dynamic hierarchical factor model that is able to decompose inflows in a sample of 47 economies into (i) a global factor common to all types of flows...

The risk of default that business firms face is very significant and differs widely across countries. This paper explores the links between countries' business conditions and international trade embedment and the default risk at the country level from a theoretical point of view. Our main...

Since recent financial crises in Asia and Latin America, developing countries have been strongly advised to rely primarily on foreign direct investment (FDI) in order to promote economic development on a sustainable basis. Even harsh critics of rash capital account liberalization argue in favor...

Schleswig-Holstein hat gegenüber den übrigen westdeutschen Bundesländern aufgeholt Die insgesamt positive Entwicklung, die vor allem vom Hamburger Umland getragen wird, darf allerdings nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, daß auch Schleswig-Holstein vor den Herausforderungen eines verschärften...

Es ist kaum ein Zufall, daß sich die ausländischen Direktinvestitionen in andere Regionen verlagerten, solange der Standort Lateinamerika durch Überschuldung, ökonomische Stagnation und eine allenfalls begrenzte Reformbereitschaft gekennzeichnet war. Die jüngste Wiederbelebung der...

This article examines the location choices of cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) between OECD members´ firms in the 1990`s. In addition to traditional determinants of FDI, we estimate the impact of specific factors affecting the M&A location pattern. Two distinct econometric methods...

This paper analyses the determinants of the size of the informal economy using crosscountry regressions. Two sets of global data using indirect estimation techniques and the perception of business leaders for 109 countries as well as a regional set for Latin America based on direct data are used...