The Basic Income promoted by Dieter Althaus (prime minister of the federal state Thüringen) combines several proposals for reforms of the german tax and transfer system. Elements of this Basic Income are: e.g.…
The influence of mergers and acquisitions on the innovation activity of companies represents a much-examined area of research. So far, only little consideration has been given to the case of a “de-merger”, i.e.…
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…
Climate policy and energy security issues are ranking high on the policy agenda in Europe. While the climate change bears the characteristics of a global public good problem this is less the case for energy…
Subject of the report is a comprehensive analysis of the importance of the German Bausparkassen (building societies) system in the federal state of Baden Württemberg. In an indroductory approach the functions …
The project took examples of technologies from the power plant sector to illustrate the interactions between the innovation activities in progress in various countries, giving special consideration to their…
Under the banner of its “EXIST” programme for business foundations from higher education, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) currently supports 15 regional networks and a range of…
In this project, we intend to propose an efficient child benefit component for low- and middle-earning households in the frame of a reform of the family tax and benefit system (switch from marital splitting with…
Facing the high expenses in family policy, these expenses do not seem well targeted. The matter of regulation of child allowances appears to be one of the problem areas due to the fact that high-income families…
The project aims at analyzing collective bargaining in the German institutional context and highlights innovative forms and processes of collective bargaining. Modern and flexible regulations as a result of…
The Financial Market Survey Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is carried out on a monthly basis by ZEW with the support of Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna. A similar survey for Germany has been conducted by ZEW since…
The project analyses different policy instruments to support investments into renewable energies. In particular, uncertainty of demand and of technological progress is taken explicitly into account. A real option…