Projects

Materialism is often defined as a multifaceted construct but extant research typically treats it as a
monolithic one. In fact, very little research has examined whether and how different aspects of
materialism relate to other constructs. The current project examines whether different aspects of
materialism are related with different forms of consumption and underlying motives for it. It
specifically tests if some ...

In the past decades design has been advanced as important to consider (besides R&D expenditures and investments in technology/patents) in relation to firms’ financial performance and competitiveness. The recent literature however remains inconclusive in terms of the impact of design activities on value creation dynamics at the firm level, within and across different industries. While design has been generally considered as especially ...

There is a recent awareness of requiring additional efforts for inference when a selection of variables or models has taken place. This can be placed into the larger framework of correct inference and research integrity.

We focus mainly on the high-dimensional setting and consider these valid post-selection issues for composite estimation, model averaging and dimension reduction. Composite estimation involves using a linear combination ...

The standard economic framework predicts a positive relationship between size and productivity. If firms can pay a fixed cost to export or enter a new product market, this relationship will be even stronger. Most empirical studies, however, find only a small productivity premium for larger firms. This could be due to misallocation of resources, an active area of research, but other explanations are possible. Either the theory misses an ...

The aim of this project is to explicitly integrate marriage decisions in the wider context of household decisions when divorce is a possible option. This project wants to better understand the interplay between the search for partners, household formation and economic decisions. The idea is that making an investment in the ability to search for a better partner affects the characteristics of the match, but also the bargaining position in the ...

International relocations of corporate headquarters (CHQs) often enable firms to realize tax savings, but such savings imply a loss of tax revenues for the domestic government. Although these corporate benefits and societal costs are likely to be valued differently within and across groups of stakeholders, extant research sheds little light on the role of stakeholders in tax-driven CHQ relocations. We aim to offer more insight into that role ...

The many ICT-evolutions of the past few decades (e.g., internet access everywhere) have made our lives easier in many respect, but they have also blurred the boundaries between work and home, which has made it harder for people to disconnect and recover from work after hours. This trend has been linked to several risks, like increased work-to-life conflict, stress and mental illness. Stimulated by an increased awareness of these risks, ...