Analyzing changes over time in firm-level R&D efforts we find that demand growth in a firm’s sector of principal activity has a positive influence on changes in a firm’s R&D effort, confirming Schmookler’s (1969) ‘demand-pull’ hypothesis. This finding points to an aspect of effective...

This paper analyses the effects of monetary policy decisions on inflation expectations of European consumers. Using a novel approach that does not assume unbiasedness of expectations, which makes use of survey data on expected future as well as perceived past price developments and allows for...

The Amsterdam Zuidas area is planned to become a large multifunctional development area with a mix of offices, dwellings and facilities. As part of a broader empirical investigation, the valuation of multifunctional land use of this mega-project by a specific class of stakeholders, viz....