This study examines the impact of product market competition and corporate governance on productivity growth in German manufacturing. Using a panel of almost 500 firms over the years 1986--94, we find that…

Delegates from 180 countries met in Bonn during July 2001 to substantiate the Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997 which imposes limits for greenhouse gases on industrialized countries. After the withdrawal of the…

This book summarises the results of a study on behalf of the European Commission. It presents estimates of effective average tax rates (EATR) in five EU Member States plus the USA. The main aim is to compare…