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Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a rapidly growing science that leverages distributed ledger technology (DLT) to offer peer-to-peer financial services. The DeFi ecosystem consists of decentralized applications that range from traditional financial services like decentralized stock exchanges (DEX)...
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Although the "financial meltdown" between 2007 and 2009 can be substantially attributed to herding behaviour in the subprime market for credit default swaps, a "mindless" IT implementation of participating financial services providers played a major role in the facilitation of the underlying...
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banking groups operating in Africa. Three thematic chapters address challenges and opportunities for financing investment in …
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A strong innovation performance based on R&D, product development and the implementation of advanced production technologies is key for the long-term competitiveness of European economies. This study investigates the effects of production offshoring on R&D and innovation activities of the firm...
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consequences of this substantial policy uncertainty shock on firms' private fixed investment and employment plans. We find that … those firms that believe that potential growth in Switzerland will deteriorate and those that report that investment … uncertainty has increased are also the ones that see a significant reduction in their future investment activities and their …
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Durch Bereitstellung von Krediten tragen Banken zur Transformation von Finanzkapital in Sachkapital bei. Die Kreditvergabepolitik der Schweizer Banken hat sich im vergangenen Vierteljahrhundert stark gewandelt. Basierend auf einem Datensatz (1987-2012) mit bankengruppenspezifischen Bilanzdaten...
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This overview discusses some key findings of the papers presented at the conference and draws some policy conclusions from them in the context of the broader literature. The papers and the wider academic discussion are sorted into three areas. First, how do the economics of infrastructure...
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Combining in-house research and work by leading academics, this report assesses how the crisis has impacted investment …. It explains why and where investment has declined, looking at the impact of structural imbalances, policy uncertainty …
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savings and investment, credit and housing booms in some countries and the allocation of resources towards less productive … to be reduced, which, in turn, is weakening investment and therefore weighing on growth prospects and growth potential …
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effects will generated by Metsä Fibre’s investment into their new bioproduct factory in Äänekoski, Finland. The calculations … significance of the investment will only become evident in the production phase, since not all investments of equal scale produce …
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