Klaus-Heiner Röhl, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, sieht die Möglichkeit einer „Zombifizierung“ mancher Branchen, die, neben einer anhaltenden Investitionsschwäche, zu einem Hindernis des Aufschwungs werden könnte. Je länger der Lockdown und die Beeinträchtigungen andauern, desto...

This paper analyzes the impact of ethnic heterogeneity and military conflict on the degree of regional consumption risk-sharing in Ukraine. Ethnicity and violent conflicts can influence risk-sharing e.g. through social capital, ethnic fractionalization, migration, and remittances. The sample...

In this paper, we examine to what extent the firm's propensity to be embedded in a network with advantageous structural attributes is driven by its capabilities for network management. Specifically, we discern network management practices on two organizational levels (relationship management...

The onset of the war on drugs in Mexico at the beginning of 21st century had far-reaching effects on its citizens, including most obviously, an unprecedented increase in the homicide rate. We analyse the correlation between violence on social capital in the 32 federal states of Mexico from...