Using six years of firm-level data covering 224 regions of the enlarged European Union, we evaluate the importance to a firm of locating its activities (production, headquarters, R&D, logistics and sales) close together. We find that, after controlling for regional characteristics, being closely...

Vorgestellt wird ein juristisches Modell, nach dem nicht die Rechtsnormen, sondern die sog. Institutionen die beherrschenden Faktoren der (richterlichen) Entscheidungsfindung sind. Hierbei werden einer institutionell gedeuteten Wirklichkeit normative Forderungen entnommen, die an die Stelle des...

Kosovo had been a net exporter - at least of some - fruit and vegetables in the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before the civil war. Current reconstruction efforts therefore focus on restoring the past horticultural potential of the now independent province. This paper analyses the...