The intellectual property system is generally considered to be a legal system that promotes innovation. However, the ways through which it achieves this goal are still not entirely clear. Conventional intellectual property theories tend to describe the system’s role in promoting innovation as...

Following periods of intense technological innovation, R&D is a critical driver of technology diffusion, but it is subject to frictions that can slow down the diffusion process. Building on the literature that documents the real effects of investor sentiment, we study whether sentiment...

The 14th BIS Annual Conference took place in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 26 June 2015. The event brought together a distinguished group of central bank Governors, leading academics and former public officials to exchange views on the topic "Towards 'a new normal' in financial markets?". The papers...

This paper examines intentional herding among institutional investors with a particular focus on the technology sector that was the driver of the “New Economy” in the United States during the dot-com bubble of the 1990s. Using data on technology stockholdings of 115 large institutional...

Chapter 1. Introduction. - Chapter 2. Before the Crisis -- Chapter 3. The 2008 Crisis -- Chapter 4. The Crisis and Aftermath: Behavioral Economics -- Chapter 5. The Crisis and Aftermath: Society and Economics -- Chapter 6. Conclusion.