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Henrekson, Magnus, and Dan Johansson (2025). “Neo–Schumpeterian Growth Theory: Missing Entrepreneurs Results in Incomplete Policy Advice”. Small Business Economics 65(1), 407–425. doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00994-0

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17471

Baby Bumps and Abortion Drop: Unpacking Fertility Trends During COVID-19 in Germany

Martin Bujard, Mathias Huebener

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17327

The Importance of Luck in Executive Promotion Tournaments: Theory and Evidence

Jed DeVaro, Scott Fung

published in: JBFA Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2025, 52 (3), 1349-1373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17317

The Causal Effects of Inflation Uncertainty on Households' Beliefs and Actions

Dimitris Georgarakos, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Olivier Coibion, Geoff Kenny

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17231

Entrepreneurs: Clueless, Biased, Poor Heuristics, or Bayesian Machines?

Thomas B. Astebro, Frank M. Fossen, Cédric Gutierrez

published in: A. Agrawal et al. (eds), Bayesian Entrepreneurship, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2026, https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/15918.003.0009.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17096

What Matters for the Decision to Study Abroad? A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Cape Verde

Catia Batista, David M Costa, Pedro Freitas, Gonçalo Lima, Ana B Reis

pubished in: Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 173, 103401

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17043

Can Price Controls Be Optimal? The Economics of the Energy Shock in Germany

Tom Krebs, Isabella Weber

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16478

Navigating Ambiguity: Imprecise Probabilities and the Updating of Disease Risk Beliefs

Jason Kerwin, Divya Pandey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16478

Navigating Ambiguity: Imprecise Probabilities and the Updating of Disease Risk Beliefs

Jason Kerwin, Divya Pandey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16478

Navigating Ambiguity: Imprecise Probabilities and the Updating of Disease Risk Beliefs

Jason Kerwin, Divya Pandey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16468

A Bad Break-up? Assessing the Effects of the 2016 Brexit Referendum on Migration

Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Ines Homburg, Jonathan James, Suncica Vujic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16028

Overexertion of Effort under Working Time Autonomy and Feedback Provision

Thomas Dohmen, Elena Shvartsman

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 212, 255-1266

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16013

Workers' Perceptions of Earnings Growth and Employment Risk

Gizem Kosar, Wilbert van der Klaauw

published in Journal of Labor Economics, 2025, 43 (S1), S83-S121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15919

Trade Policy Uncertainty, Offshoring, and the Environment: Evidence from US Manufacturing Establishments

Jaerim Choi, Jay Hyun, Gueyon Kim, Ziho Park

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15710

Investment and Subjective Uncertainty

Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Lucia Foster, Scott Ohlmacher, Itay Saporta-Eksten

published as '2020 Klein Lecture—Investment and Subjective Uncertainty' in: International Economic Review, 2024, 65 (4), 1591 - 1606

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15605

To Be or Not to Be: The Entrepreneur in Neo-Schumpeterian Growth Theory

Magnus Henrekson, Dan Johansson, Johan Karlsson

Henrekson, Magnus, Dan Johansson, and Johan Karlsson (2024). “To Be or Not to Be: The Entrepreneur in Neo-Schumpeterian Growth Theory”. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 48(1), 104–140. doi.org/10.1177/10422587221141679

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15509

Political Selection When Uncertainty Is High

Thushyanthan Baskaran, Zohal Hessami, Temurbek Khasanboev

published in: Kyklos, 2023, 145, 76 (2), 161-178

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15449

The Effect of Macroeconomic Uncertainty on Firm Decisions

Saten Kumar, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Olivier Coibion

published in: Econometrica, 2023, 91 (4), 1297-1332

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15296

How Does the Economic Uncertainty Affect Asset Prices under Normal and Financial Distress Times?

Mehmet Balcilar, Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir, Huseyin Ozdemir, Gurcan Aygun, Mark E. Wohar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15229

Pandemic-Era Uncertainty

Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, José María Barrero, Steven J. Davis, David Altig, Nicholas Bloom

published in: Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2022, 15 (8), 338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15156

State-Level Economic Policy Uncertainty

Scott R. Baker, Steven J. Davis, Jeffrey A. Levy

published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2022, 132, 81-99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15156

State-Level Economic Policy Uncertainty

Scott R. Baker, Steven J. Davis, Jeffrey A. Levy

published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2022, 132, 81-99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14940

Transparency of the Welfare System and Labor Market Outcomes of Unemployed Workers

Sofie Cairo, Robert Mahlstedt

substantially revised version published as 'The disparate effects of information provision: A field experiment on the work incentives of social welfare' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 226, 104987

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14889

R&D Plans, Expectations, and Uncertainty: Evidence from the COVID-19 Shock in Italy

Emanuele Brancati

published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2023, 67, 303-318

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14686

From Subsidies to Loans: The Effects of a National Student Finance Reform on the Choices of Secondary School Students

Alexandra de Gendre, Jan Kabátek

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14420

Effectives of Monetary Policy under the High and Low Economic Uncertainty States: Evidence from the Major Asian Economies

Mehmet Balcilar, Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir, Huseyin Ozdemir, Gurcan Aygun, Mark E. Wohar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14317

Structural Models for Policy-Making: Coping with Parametric Uncertainty

Philipp Eisenhauer, Janos Gabler, Lena Janys

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14213

The Effect of Macroeconomic Uncertainty on Household Spending

Olivier Coibion, Dimitris Georgarakos, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Geoff Kenny, Michael Weber

published in: American Economic Review, 2024, 114 (3), 645–677

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14040

Academic Careers and Fertility Decisions

Maria De Paola, Roberto Nistico, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: D. Checchi, T. Jappelli, A. Uricchio (eds.), Teaching, Research and Academic Careers, Springer, 2022, 135 -161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13848

Diagnostic Uncertainty and Insurance Coverage in Credence Goods Markets

Loukas Balafoutas, Helena Fornwagner, Rudolf Kerschbamer, Matthias Sutter, Maryna Tverdostup

largely revised version published as "Diagnostic uncertainty and insurance coverage in credence goods markets. An experiment" in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2026, 247, 107608

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13645

Uncertainty and Firms' Labour Decisions. Evidence from European Countries

Alberto Urtasun, Marta Martínez Matute

published in: Journal of Applied Economics, 2022, 25 (1), 220 - 241

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13457

Sudden Stop: When Did Firms Anticipate the Potential Consequences of COVID-19?

Lukas Buchheim, Carla Krolage, Sebastian Link

published in: German Economic Review, 2022, 23 (1), 79-119

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13438

Uncertainty Shocks and Unemployment Dynamics

Malak Kandoussi, François Langot

published in: Economics Letters, 2022, 201, 110760

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13365

On the Exchange Rate and Economic Policy Uncertainty Nexus: A Panel VAR Approach for Emerging Markets

Abir Abid, Christophe Rault

published in: Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2021, 19 (3), 403-425

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13274

Transmission of US and EU Economic Policy Uncertainty Shock to Asian Economies in Bad and Good Times

Mehmet Balcilar, Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir, Huseyin Ozdemir, Mark E. Wohar

published as 'Effectiveness of monetary policy under the high and low economic uncertainty states: evidence from the major Asian economies' in: Empirical Economics, 2022, 63, 1741–1769

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12929

Populism, Political Risk and the Economy: Lessons from Italy

Pierluigi Balduzzi, Emanuele Brancati, Marco Brianti, Fabio Schiantarelli

published as 'Political Risk, Populism and the Economy' in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (653),1677 - 1704

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12758

Immigrant Examination Behavior

Gil S. Epstein, Shahar Sansani

published in: Education Economics, 2019, 28 (2), 136–155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12604

Policy Uncertainty and Information Flows: Evidence from Pension Reform Expectations

Emanuele Ciani, Adeline Delavande, Ben Etheridge, Marco Francesconi

published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (649), 98-129

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12567

Interest Rate Bands of Inaction and Play-Hysteresis in Domestic Investment: Evidence for the Euro Area

Ansgar H. Belke, Coletta Frenzel Baudisch, Matthias Göcke

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