In addition to the competition of European tax schemes, current discussion increasingly centres around the competition of social security systems. This subject addresses the financial restrictions as well as the…
The goal of this project is to examine the determinants and employment impact of firm foundations and self-employment from theoretical and empirical viewpoints. In the theoretical part we will devise a model in…
Company decisions regarding locations, financing and investments are influenced in many different ways by taxation. From a methodological point of view the following preconditions have to be met in order to…
The number of empirical studies on the relationship between innovation and employment is still growing. But, the results of these studies are ambigous. Two important aspects are most of all neglected in existing…
The politically motivated end to the exploitation of nuclear power leads to discussions about the way in which this form of energy generation should be abandoned. In model experiment II of the Forum für…
The accession to the European Union is often regarded as the last hurdle to be overcome in the transformation process of the Central and Eastern European states. Ten years after the demise of their planned…
In the past decade the lubricants market has undergone profound changes. Technical, ecological, and economic requirements towards lubricants have increased. In traditional markets - e.g. the Federal Republic of…
The level of interest rates has been extraordinarily low in the last few years in Germany and provokes an analysis of the effects of lasting interest rate cuts on the income situation and demand on the part of…