Paper deals with filtering roundness. It presents experimental results measured for roundness turning and cylindrical grinding. Roundness was measured using Prismo Navigator 5 coordinate measuring machine. Evaluation was done by four methods: Minimum zone reference circles (MZCI), Least squares...

Four alternative but related approaches to empirical evaluation of policy interventions are studied: social experiments, natural experiments, matching methods, and instrumental variables. In each case the necessary assumptions and the data requirements are considered for estimation of a number...

The paper analyses the impact of venture capital finance on growth and innovation activities of young German firms. Among other variables, our panel of firm data includes data on venture capital funding and patent applications. With a statistical matching procedure we draw an adequate control...

The paper analyses the impact of venture capital finance on growth and innovation activities of young German firms. Among other variables, our panel of firm data includes data on venture capital funding and patent applications. With a statistical matching procedure we draw an adequate control...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe analizuojamas ekonominis AB ,,Akmenės cementas“ investicijų į sausą gamybos būdą efektyvumas. Pateikiami teoriniai investicijų esmės, jų klasifikavimo, funkcijų ir reikšmės ekonomikai aspektai. Susisteminami ir apibūdinami investicijų efektyvumo...

This dissertation is a collection of three studies whose central theme is the business subsidies policy implemented in Finland during the 1990s by the ministry of Trade and Industry (KTM). The purpose is to examine whether the policy is effective and at the same time explain the rationale behind...

In this article, we study the impact of payroll tax subsidies for low-wage workers on various outcomes of the firms, including employment, in particular that of young and less skilled workers. We concentrate on the effects of the 1995 and 1996 tax cuts policies, which permit large decreases in...

The paper presents an econometric evaluation of the effects of subsidised non-profit temporary employment agencies - a programme of the West German active labour market policy - on individual labour market outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on individual data from files for...