We investigate the heterogeneity of the impact of World Bank foreign aid projects on local economic development across countries, sectors and time. Using a grid-cell dataset of geo-referenced aid data, satellite night-time light imagery, and climatic and socio-economic controls, we employ a...

Ungeachtet der weitgehend vollzogenen Marktöffnung in den Ländern der mittel- und osteuropäischen EU-Beitrittskandidaten blieb die Entwicklung der Warenausfuhren Berlins in diese Region bisher weit hinter den Erwartungen zurück. Zwar spielen die EU-Beitrittskandidaten für die...

Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) werden in Ost- und Westeuropa gleichermaßen als Voraussetzung für eine nachhaltige wirtschaftliche Entwicklung angesehen. Aus diesem Grunde wären die Innovationsfähigkeit sowie Reformen im Wissenschafts- und Technologiebereich der EU-Beitrittskandidaten als...

This paper proposes a new method for constructing R&D capital stocks developed to avoid the common assumption of a constant rate of knowledge depreciation, which implies wear and tear of knowledge. The method models the development of R&D capital stocks as a process of creative destruction...

This papers sheds light on the puzzling fact that even though open <p> source software (OSS) is a public good, it is developed for free by <p> highly qualified, young, motivated individuals, and evolves at a rapid <p> pace. We show that when OSS development is understood as the private <p> provision of a...</p></p></p></p>

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Abstract: This paper investigates the productivity effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment using industry and country level data for 17 OECD countries over the period 1973 to 2001. Controlling for national and international knowledge spillovers we argue that effects of FDI work...

This paper investigates the productivity effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment using industry and country level data for 17 OECD countries. The paper relates to a large recent literature on productivity spillovers from inward FDI, however, we also consider the relationship...