Die Kumulation von Haushaltsstichproben steht auf der Agenda einer europäischen Neuordnung von Haushaltsbefragungen. Im Rahmen des Projektes Amtliche Statistik und sozioökonomische Fragestellungen des Statistischen Bundesamtes und in Abstimmung mit den EUROSTAT-Erfordernissen für neue...

This paper presents a meta-analysis of the effects of economic diplomacy on international flows (trade and FDI). The tools of economic diplomacy under investigation in our study are: embassies, other foreign offices, investment promotion offices, export promotion offices, trade missions and...

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze patterns of non-response in the social survey and to evaluate its effect on potential biases on satisfaction from life. An additional purpose is to apply the method of mixed regression, which combines the method of Ordinary Least Squares with Gini...

In this paper the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) in on-line booking for hotel industry is investigated. The paper details the description, the modeling and the resolution technique of on-line booking. The latter problem is modeled using the paradigms of machine learning, in place of...

International trade policies remain in the spotlight given the recent rethink on the benefits of globalization by major economies. Since trade critically affects employment, production, prices and wages, understanding and predicting future patterns of trade is a high-priority for decision making...

Searching information in the web, is a common feature and the most easy way to get oneself exposed to a see of knowledge. The simplicity and economic way of getting information in the web made it widely acceptable amongst the citizens including the researchers. However, all the information...

The legal and economic analysis presented here empirically tests the theoretical framework advanced by Buscaglia (1997) and by Kugler, Verdier, and Zenou (2003). This paper goes beyond the prior literature by focusing on the empirical assessment of the actual implementation of the institutional...