This paper investigates the effects of business subsidies on the employment of firms in Finland, and explores possible regional differences in the effects. Employment of some 26,000 firms is followed annually between 1995-1998. We find that labour subsidies increase the firms' own employment...

This paper deals with the question of whether public venture capital (VC) is performing its task properly, taking a look at how public VC companies' selection process, investment behavior, and consulting services reflect goals that differ from those of private VC firms. The results present...

What is the relationship between social welfare, safety nets and economic freedom? Arguably, if economic freedom (EF) promotes growth and if it trickles down EF promotes larger freedoms (e.g. a healthy and productive life, free from want and deprivation). However, higher EF by definition entails...

This paper examines the impact of venture capital (VC) investments supported by the EIF on the financial growth and performance of young and innovative firms. Using a novel dataset covering European start-ups supported by VC in the years 2007 to 2014, we generate a counterfactual group of...

Zusammenfassung Innovationen im Tourismus sind aufgrund des zunehmenden Wettbewerbs in der Branche Voraussetzung für den langfristigen wirtschaftlichen Erfolg. Sich ändernde Kundenbedürfnisse und Konkurrenzprodukte führen entlang des Produktlebenszyklus auch bei früher erfolgreichen...

En este trabajo se describen los principales rasgos de la evolución del mercado de la vivienda en España durante el último período de expansión (2014-2019) y se discuten dos aspectos relacionados con su situación reciente. Por una parte, se analiza la evidencia acerca de las posibles...