Russian Abstract: Зависит ли динамика экономического роста стран БРИКС от особого стиля или практики управления компаниями? Насколько стиль управления и практика...

We exploit a unique feature of cryptocurrency markets to provide new evidence on how derivatives impact cash markets. In December 2017, the CME Group and CBOE Global Markets both introduced futures contracts on bitcoin (BTC) against USD, but not on any other cryptocurrency exchange rate pairs....

This paper studies the balance constraint (debit=credit) in bookkeeping, its causes and its consequences for accounting. Balance in the ledger is shown to: 1) imply balance in journal entries and vice versa; 2) link the value definitions in the earnings statement and balance sheet; 3) have direct...

Spanish Abstract: Treinta y seis profesores, estudiantes e investigadores de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y del Centro de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo CID de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y otras instituciones, nos unimos para intentar reflexionar sobre la pandemia y la...

The paper discusses the current and potential role of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in anchoring economic reforms in the countries of the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood. It claims that it is too early to assess the success of the ENP in this sphere especially given that the actual progress...

The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...

Co-authoring Dofiles can be challenging as most Stata users have idiosyncraticpreferences and methods for organizing and writing Dofiles. Which standards andpractices can research teams adopt to improve the cohesion of this group work? Thisarticle proposes some best practices to overcome team...

Participation rates in higher education differ persistently between some groups in society. Using two British datasets we investigate whether this gap is rooted in students' misperception of their own and other's ability, thereby increasing the expected costs to studying. Among high school...

This study examines interviewer effects on household non-response in the three waves of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) in Austria. We exploit the rare opportunity to combine this wealth survey data, accompanied by a large set of paradata on all households including...