This paper investigates the value of political institutions for financial markets, using panel data from emerging market countries. We test the hypothesis that changes in political institutions, such as improvements in democratic rights and increased government accountability, have a direct...

A key driver of foreign investment in land, food security is a challenge mankind has been confronted with in various times and places. Wherever human societies have developed, growing needs have led to increasing arable land, and when land has been limited by nature or wars, food shortages...

Im innerdeutschen Wettbewerb um Investoren haben die ostdeutschen Bundesländer noch zusätzlich mit der Konkurrenz der östlichen Nachbarstaaten zu kämpfen, die mit niedrigen Lohnkosten und hohen Investitionsanreizen Unternehmen in ihre Regionen locken. Die Positionierung Sachsens im...