Firm behavior is largely affected by the major institutions of an economy, like the legal system, civil liberties or political rights. If institutions are not well developed, ownership concentration as a feature…

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Im Wirtschaftszweig Dienstleister der Informationsgesellschaft hat sich die wirtschaftliche Lage im vierten Quartal 2010 gegenüber dem dritten…

• Deutschland erholt sich überraschend schnell von der Krise
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• Ergebnisse der Novemberumfrage 2010
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• Regionale Transfers…

• Economic Expectations Continue to Diminish Slightly
• Eurozone: Economic Outlook Improves Marginally
• USA: More Optimistic Assessment of the Economy
• Japan: Higher Inflation Forecasts in November
• Great Britain: Interest…

The key aim of the study was a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the economic potential of the "internet of services" and the identification of site-specific chances and challenges for Germany. Firstly,…

• Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe Improve
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Brighter Economic Outlook
• Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Decreasing Interest Rates for Hungary
• Turkey: Economic…

• Targeted Human Resource Measures for Older Employees Are Effective
• One-Euro-Jobs – Dead End for the Long-Term Unemployed?
• Broadband Drives Innovation
• Despite Sound Business Ideas, Start-ups often Go out of Business
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• Erwartungen wieder im positiven Bereich
• EZB: Zinserhöhungen werden wahrscheinlicher
• USA: Finanzmarktexperten gewinnen an Zuversicht
• Japan: Experten sehen geringeres Risiko für konjunkturelle Rückschläge
• Großbritanni…

We investigate consumer welfare in transalpine freight transport using micro-data on individual route choice, tackling two core questions. First, to what extent does the way we model unobserved heterogeneity…

The residential building sector is a major emitter of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) due to the high energy demand for electricity and heating, particularly in industrialised countries. In Germany, for…