The underlying research study was concerned with public venture capital which is grounded in the assumption of market failure and financing gaps (Güllmann 2000; Brettel 2005) and associated with the risk of crowding-out (Colombo et al. 2016). In order to expand the research perspective and to shed...

Since many countries in the world at present were European colonies in the not so distant past, the relationship between colonial institutions and development outcomes is a key topic of study across many disciplines.This edited volume, from a leading international group of scholars, discusses...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Part I -- 1 The Economic Origins and Dimensions of European Fascism -- 2 Banks and the Era of Totalitarianism: Banking in Nazi Germany -- 3...

An in-depth analysis of Belgium's public finance in the recent pastPrior to the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 Belgium's fiscal balances and debt ratios seemed to be on a firm consolidation path. Today, however, Belgium is facing a major budgetary challenge, albeit to some extent...

Front -- Table of Contents -- Part i Introduction -- Chapter 1. -- Part ii The Context of the Presidency -- Chapter 2. -- Chapter 3. -- Chapter 4. -- Chapter 5. -- Chapter 6. -- Part iii The Policies of the Presidency -- Chapter 7. -- Chapter 8. -- Chapter 9. -- Chapter 10. -- Chapter 11. --...