Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

It is still an open question whether increasing life expectancy as such is causing higher health care expenditures (HCE) in a population. According to the "red herring" hypothesis, the positive correlation…

• Die deutsche Wirtschaft trotzt der Krise - eine Bewährungsprobe steht im Herbst bevor
• Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
• Ergebnisse der Augustumfrage 2012
• Stimmung in der Informationswirtschaft zur Jahresmitte…

User-generated content has proved to be a cheap and surprisingly accurate source of information. Still, little is known about how its producers select the content to which they contribute and how platform…

• Patents versus Secrecy: Heterogeneous Costs of Disclosure and the Propensity to Patent
• Broad Funding for Product Innovation Pays Off
• The Positive and Negative Effects of Market Concentration on Investment Funds
• Que…

• Stimmung in der Informationswirtschaft zur Jahresmitte nahezu unverändert
• Jedes zweite Unternehmen nutzt Social Media

• Put to the Test: Opposition Party Proposals for Reforming the German Tax System
• Experiment on the Patience of Child and Mother
• Questions & Answers: Why Does Germany Fail to Attract Foreign Skilled Workers?
• How to…

• Deutschland trotzt unsicherem Umfeld
• Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
• Ergebnisse der Maiumfrage 2012
• Eingetrübte Lage - positiver Ausblick
• Führt Offshoring zu höherem Einkommensrisiko?
• Was erklärt die zunehmende…

Information and communication technologies (ICT) play a crucial role in higher education. They modify the scope, the borders and the content of learning. Most of European Universities try to change their…

• Environmentally Friendly Process Innovations Encourage Hiring of New Employees
• Falling Profit Margins in E-commerce as Product Life Cycles Lengthen
• Business Tax Rates Remain Low, Despite the Crisis
• In-house…