This paper analyses inventory investment using a balanced panel of 82 Dutch firms. We start from the Lovell (1961) inventory model and amend it with cash flow to introduce capital market imperfections. The empirical evidence provides support for the relevance of capital market imperfections in...

We analyze the decision to participate and performance at the Modern Olympic Summer Games at the country level. We use an unbalanced panel of 118 countries over all 24 editions of the Summer Games since 1896. The main focus of the paper is on economic, geographic and demographic determinants of...

Abstract We analyze the decision to participate and Olympic performance at the country level. We use an unbalanced panel of 118 countries over 24 editions of the Olympic Summer Games. The main focus of the paper is on economic, geographic and demographic explanations of Olympic participation and...

Is het mogelijk om de overheidsschuld te verminderen, zoals benodigd voor deelname aan de EMU, en tegelijkertijd de verhouding tussen het aantal inactieven en actieven (de i/a-ratio) te verlagen? Het kabinet tracht dit te doen door tekortreductie en het stimuleren van marktwerking en dynamiek....