This paper considers the education of the labour force based on an analysis of trends in and the relationships between job polarization and skills mismatch. Both job polarization and skills mismatch have become topics of increasing interest, but relationships between the two have been relatively...

Viele heute praktizierte betriebliche Umweltschutzmassnahmen setzen am Ende des Produktionsprozesses an (sog. End-of-Pipe) und verringern, beispielsweise durch Filteranlagen, lediglich die Menge der direkt ausgestossenen Emissionen. Diese Art des Umweltschutzes ist mit erheblichen...

Wagniskapitalfinanzierungen sind ein wichtiges Konstrukt im Gefüge einer Volkswirtschaft. Sie stellen den Teil der Frühphasenfinanzierung des Sektors der Eigenkapitalbeteiligungen dar. Geplante Unternehmensneugründungen sind gerade bei kapitalintensiven Tätigkeiten verstärkt auf...

In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...

In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...

We study fiscal consolidations in the Central and Eastern European countries and what determines the probability of their success. We define consolidation events as substantive improvements in fiscal balances adjusting for the impact of cyclical effects. We use Logit models for the period...