Eco-innovations are highly important for mitigating climate change and transitioning towards a circular economy. There is extensive literature on the determinants of eco-innovation. The analysis of the role of…
Wind turbines offer significant environmental benefits but also create negative local externalities, such as noise and visual pollution, which can lead to local tensions and community resistance against the…
This paper constructs a new database on public expenditure and revenue and their components, particularly education and health expenditure, covering all world regions over the 1800–2025 period. Human capital…
Current investments in the future are primarily funded through temporary special funds rather than drawing from the core budget. Consequently, there is a high risk of insufficient resources being available in…
This paper examines how jurisdictions have responded to the introduction of the OECD Pillar Two framework and analyses the implications of these developments for international tax competition. Using a…
Auctions with endogenous rationing are motivated by the regulatory requirement of so-called proportionality of public support and are used to allocate support for renewable energy. They reduce the auctioned…
The circumstances into which individuals are born can place fundamental constraints on their future economic opportunities, leading to a mismatch between talent, education and occupation. One major determinant…
Partners in R&D alliances and joint ventures are rarely symmetric, yet whether asymmetry helps or hurts collaboration is not fully understood. We study how asymmetry in competitors’ information endowments…
Strengthening private-sector innovation is considered a key prerequisite for Germany’s and Europe’s long-term competitiveness. Public procurement can serve as an instrument in this regard, but it has so far been…
Finanzwissen gewinnt angesichts komplexer werdender Finanzprodukte, digitalisierter Finanzmärkte und wachsender Eigenverantwortung bei Altersvorsorge und Geldanlage an Bedeutung. Der Beitrag untersucht den…
