This dissertation consists of five distinct empirical papers covering two large areas of research that are rather independent from each other: the economics of ageing and the economics of innovation. The first three chapters cover the impact of intergeneration interaction on the parents of adult...

Šiame darbe siekiama ištirti paskatų tiesioginėms užsienio investicijoms taikymo ypatumus naujose Europos Sąjungos šalyse – Lietuvoje, Latvijoje, Estijoje, Lenkijoje, Vengrijoje, Slovakijoje, Čekijoje ir Rumunijoje. Darbe atskleidžiami paskatų tiesioginėms užsienio investicijoms...

This dissertation consists of six self-contained chapters that are related to the behavior of firms and politicians in a broader sense. After an introduction to the topic, the first part of the dissertation elaborates on how institutional and political framework conditions influence the behavior...

This volume was prepared by Sebastian Benz while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different...