We analyze linked databases on all Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, on all SBA lenders, and on all U.S. employers to estimate the effects of financial access on employment growth. Our methods combine regressions with matching on firm age, size, industry, year, and employment history,...

We analyze linked databases on all Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, on all SBA lenders, and on all U.S. employers to estimate the effects of financial access on employment growth. Our methods combine regressions with matching on firm age, size, industry, year, and employment history,...

We analyze linked databases on all SBA loans and lenders and on all U.S. employers to estimate the effects of financial access on employment growth. Estimation exploits the long panels and variation in ease of access to SBA lenders. The results imply an increase of 3 to 3.5 jobs for each million...

We analyze linked databases on all Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, on all SBA lenders, and on all U.S. employers to estimate the effects of financial access on employment growth. Our methods combine regressions with matching on firm age, size, industry, year, and employment history,...

Economic policy is generally directed to achieve particular objectives which include targets for inflation, desirable unemployment levels, economic growth pace, standard of living of citizens among others. An economic policy is a course of action that is intended to influence or control the...

As of May 2021, Korea’s exports recorded a 23.4 percent year over year increase.This upturn is considered to be the result of the recovery and rebound from the COVID-19-induced recession. Factors that have contributed to this upturn include the activity in the so-called “untact”...

On March 2, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) released its final report: a glimpse of the U.S. view of advanced industries such as artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors, as well as the direction of its related strategies. The commission urged a...

Der anhaltende Produktivitätsvorsprung der USA sowie die zunehmende Konkurrenz aus den Schwellenländern führen in Europa seit Mitte der 1990er-Jahre zu einer intensiven Auseinandersetzung mit Fragen der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Höhepunkt ist der jüngste Appell der Europäischen Kommission zur...

Die vorliegende Studie wurde im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie erstellt und im Oktober 2006 abgeschlossen. Gegenstand der Studie ist die Untersuchung des Globalisierungs- und Anpassungsprozesses sowie seiner Ergebnisse in Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien,...

Romanian Abstract: Cea de a patra revoluție industrială, caracterizată prin proliferareaenergiilor verzi, prin impactul deosebit al Internetului, extinderea robotizării,biotehnologiilor, nanotehnologiei, microeletronicii, materialelor avansate, prin apariția șiextinderea rapidă a...