Alexander Bassen und Kerstin Lopatta, Universität Hamburg, sind der Ansicht, dass sowohl marktliche als auch regulatorische Maßnahmen das Thema Sustainable Finance in der Coronakrise eher verstärkt haben. Aufgrund der zu erwartenden weiteren Zunahme gesellschaftlicher Risiken und daraus...

Im Kampf gegen die Covid-19-Pandmie haben Regierungen und staatliche Stellen weltweit mit einer Vielzahl von Gesetzen, Verordnungen und alternativen Maßnahmen reagiert. Um diese besser zu verstehen, werden im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts CoronaNet Daten über diese staatlichen Maßnahmen...

Governments around the world have taken a significant number and variety of actions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. To understand this flood of government actions, policymakers and researchers need access not only to high-quality, up-to-date data on government responses, but also tools to...

Bank lending has been a major concern since the financial crisis. We study the effect of a firm’s own credit market experience on its perceived bank lending policy using the Austrian Business Climate Survey between 2011 and 2014 and. Our results show that firms’ perceptions of aggregate...

Policy makers often decide to liberalize foreign bank entry but at the same time restrict the mode of entry. We study how different entry modes affect the interest rate for loans in a model in which domestic banks possess private information about their incumbent clients but foreign banks have...

Do empires affect attitudes towards the state long after their demise? We hypothesize that the Habsburg Empire with its localized and well-respected administration increased citizens' trust in local public services. In several Eastern European countries, communities on both sides of the...

Do empires affect human values and behavior long after their demise? We hypothesize that the Habsburg Empire, which was characterized by a localized and well-respected administration, increased people's trust in local state services. In several Eastern Euro-pean countries, communities on both...