A Barro-type economic growth model is estimated for the 50 states in the U.S. using data for three decades beginning in 1960. Frontier estimation techniques are used to test for the presence of state-specific shocks to economic growth that are independent of the usual, normally-distributed...

Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it's as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb have ushered in a new era: redefining neighborhoods, challenging the way governments regulate...

Das Buch beschreibt die ersten 21 Jahre des Online-Einzelhandelsunternehmens Amazon und gibt Einblicke in Werdegang, Persönlichkeit, geschäftliche Triebkraft, Einstellungen und Geschäftsziele des Amazon-Gründers Jeff Bezos. In der erweiterten Neuausgabe (Erstausgabe: ID-A 48/13) wird in...