With tax revenue estimates again predicting an increase in government revenues, the German Federal Minister of Finance plans to tackle the effects of "bracket creep" from 2016. The President of the Centre for…
On 7 May, 2015, general elections will be held in the UK. The coalition government consisting of conservatives and liberal democrats must face the public vote. According to many observers, the outcome of these…
The 2014 elections to the European Parliament take place at a time when Europe is facing considerable economic challenges. Doubts have been voiced about Europe's capability to cope with these challenges.…
In the statement on the federal government’s 2012 monitoring report, the Expert Commission on the monitoring process "Energy of the Future" reports mixed interim results for Germany’s "Energiewende", i.e. the…
By now, the restructuring of the statutory health insurance (SHI) has gradually taken shape as reportedly planned by the federal government. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz, president of the Centre for…
Germany is once again discussing the implementation of statutory minimum wages. According to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz, President of the Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), their…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and Prof. Jacobs, chairholder at the University of Mannheim, analysed the draft legislation for the corporate tax reform for 1999, 2000 and 2002 with respect to…
