Objective: The objective of the article is to shed new light on the relationship between central bank communication and the trust monetary institutions can obtain from ordinary citizens via a comparison of the European Central Bank (ECB) with the Federal Reserve (the Fed). Research Design &...

In the programming period 2007-2013, the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) invested €237 million in Slovak hospitals. We investigate whether this injection of additional funds has improved the quality of healthcare in the targeted hospitals. As a measure of quality, we use the...

In den ersten beiden Jahrzehnten nach dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs Anfang der 1990er Jahre spielte der Internationale Währungsfonds (IWF) für die operative Wirtschaftspolitik, aber auch für die Gestaltung von Institutionen in Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern eine wichtige Rolle. Dies lag...