Evaluating state subsidies contributes to an improvement of efficiency in the allocation of public funds. Especially with regard to tax expenditures, there is need for external evaluation. The objective of this…
In this project, an international comparison of the possibilities for local governments to borrow money is made. Especially the role of ways and mean advances being more and more responsible for the increasing…
This project analyses the distributive impacts of the statutory and institutional settings of European schemes of social assistance focusing on an empirical investigation of the European Union of 25 member states.…
The project is concerned with a comprehensive analysis of the sector of family enterprises in Germany. The analysis focuses on different questions: Main topics are the quantitative assessment of the economic…
In the context of a growing international economic integration, taxation becomes a more and more central factor in the competition of regions and countries for international investment and skilled employees. From…
In this project we analyze the situation and the reform potential of non-profit-organizations with regard to the modernization of the welfare state from an economic perspective and compare it internationally.…
Main aim of the project ist the calculation of a Social Return on Investment (SROI), following the corresponding concept of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (RDF). This concept intends to quantify economic,…
In Germany all public authorities exhibit a great necessity of consolidation. The debate about the consolidation basically focuses either on the expenditures or on the revenues of the public authorities. Less…