On May 10-11, 2012, the Leibniz ScienceCampus "Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation" (MaCCI) hosted the 6th.workshop of the Competition Law and Economics European Network (CLEEN). Approximately 40…
From May 8-12, 2012, Prof. Richard Deaves, PhD, was visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department "International Finance and Financial Management". Richard Deaves is Professor of Finance and Business…
According to a famous German proverb, "A horrible end is better than horror without end". However, with regard to the insolvency of Schlecker, Europe's largest drugstore chain, this proverb is misleading, for…
Which public support measures can help the European car industry to overcome the crisis? What is the long-term benefit of state aid measures, e.g. car scrappage schemes? Which instruments are especially useful…
Various measures aimed at encouraging direly needed skilled workers to immigrate to Germany have not been successful to date. Dr. Holger Bonin, a labour market expert at ZEW, explains what firms can do to…