Banks perform similar functions all over the world. Nevertheless, the banking systems around the world are very different. This paper analyses how the difference affects local firms as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. For my project, I combine banking and economic data of five EU...

We examine the effect of corruption on foreign direct investments (FDI). Starting out from the theory of FDI, we show that corruption can have different effects on horizontal investments, which are primarily aimed at sales to the local market, compared to vertical investments, which are made to...

This study, based on data about internet available functionalities of Portuguese municipalities, determines, using computational facilities supported by a data base and a query language, and analyzes a large number of recommendations in order to provide a better service to user. It concludes...

In den vergangenen Jahren haben Bund, Länder und Kommunen ihren Personalbestand deutlich ausgeweitet. Dennoch wird vielerorts über einen Mangel an Personal geklagt, unter anderem weil zunehmende Regulierung zu Belastungen für das öffentliche Personal führt. Aufgrund des einsetzenden...