Much has been written on the distinction between vertical and horizontal foreign direct investment. However, most of the empirical literature relies on indirect and aggregated measures only. The aim of this paper is to help fill this gap by examining the differences between German affiliates in...

A state monopoly in schooling followed the collapse of communism in Central Europe. The centrally planned system was abandoned. Systems comparable with educational voucher scheme, also known as school choice system, were introduced in the Czech Republic and Hungary in the early 1990s. The newly...

Do women perform worse than equally able men in stressful competitive settings? We ask this question for competitions with a high payoff - admissions to tuition-free selective universities. With data on an entire cohort of Czech students graduating from secondary schools and applying to...