This paper develops a model and derives novel testable implications of referral-based job search networks in which employees provide employers with information about potential job market candidates that they otherwise would not have. Using unique matched employer-employee data that cover the...

This paper estimates the effect of political power on tax policies in municipal councils under a proportional election system. The main challenge in estimating the causal effect of parties on policy is to isolate the effect of power from underlying voter preferences and the selection effect of...

Die Bewertung innovativer Wachstumsunternehmen erfährt vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen Kapitalmarktsituation und der stockenden Exit-Optionen für den externen Investor eine exponierte Bedeutung. Der Betrachtungsschwerpunkt der vorliegenden Arbeit liegt auf dem Zusammenhang zwischen...