This project investigates the factors determining the allocation of expenditure and revenue cempetences between different levels of government. In the theoretical part of the analysis hypotheses concerning the…
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour (BMWA), this pilot study develops a research plan to evaluate those labour market policy measures which have been implemented on the recommendation of the…
The project Financial behaviour of banks under the influence of banking regulation and political factors aims at analyzing the capital and payout policy of German banks in greater detail. First of all it is…
The reform of the inheritance and gift tax has recently become an issue of interest in political debates in Germany. This interest is in part due to an upcoming decision by the supreme court on whether the…
The project is part of the program WIN-Kolleg carried out by the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. The objective is an interdisciplinary investigation of how a European constitution can be developed and…
Structural changes take place in an increasingly complex economic environment by reallocating micro units. With the first waves of the IAB establishment panel for Baden-Wuerttemberg available it is now possible…
The aim of this study is to find out if personnel managers encounter a shortage of engineers. On the basis of a written questionnaire it is asked if German establishments are suffering from a shortage of engineers…