Auf der Basis des Struktur-Verhalten-Ergebnis-Ansatzes kann Diversifikation in ihrer Wirkung als Markteintrittsbarriere verstanden werden und hat als solche einen positiven Einfluss auf die Profitabilität der diversifizierten Unternehmen. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird auf der Basis der vom...

In this paper the outlier robust GMM panel data estimator recently proposed by Lucas, van Dijk, and Kloek (1994)is applied to an Euler equation model of firm investment behaviour with imperfectly competitive product markets for a small panel of German nonfinancial stock companies. Plots for...

The Finance-Growth Nexus is a classical source of debate among economists. This contribution offers regional evidence on this issue in order to see if it can meet the data within a 140 years old economic union -- Italy -, in the ideal context for its main competitor - New Economic Geography -...

In recent years, sustainability has represented one of the most important policy goals explored in the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature. But related hypotheses, performance measures and results continue to present a challenge. The present paper contributes to this ongoing literature...