The benchmark international telecommunication markets provides key figures depicting the development and current characteristics of fixed net, mobile and broad band markets. These figures include diffusion rates,…
Compared to the Anglo-Saxon tradition, the research of labour markets in Germany has been widely neglected in the German economic sciences, even though the economic policy relevance of the labour market is …
The minimisation of the tax burden of expatriates is a fundamental part of a companys planning of international assignments. In several countries, expatriates are subject to special tax privileges which intent on…
The project "public debt monitor" aims at a regular monitoring of fiscal sustainability in Germany, both at the state level (including social security) and the federal level (including municipalities).Using a…
The European Low-wage Employment Research network (LoWER), started in 1996, will continue its activities with a focus on the uncertain position of the low skilled in societies that are increasingly functioning on…
There are many differences in the tax accounting rules applied by the member states of the European Union. However, with reference to self-developed intangibles there has been no major study conducted so far.…
The progress of EU member countries with regard to the Lisbon agenda is evaluated on the basis of structural indicators. The design and composition of this list of structural indicators were assessed in the course…
The project was concerned with the analysis of the institutional and regulatory framework for private equity (PE) funds and real estate investment trusts (REITs) in an international comparison. In the first part…