This project analyzes the determinants of European banks’ risk behavior, with particular attention on the financial crisis. Special emphasis is placed on retail banks (savings banks and cooperative banks), who…
The aim of this study is to assess the contributions of investment banking to productivity and growth of the German economy. To this end we will analyse both the economic benefits and the risks stemming from…
Large parts of corporate investment consist of corporate takeovers. The aim of the research proposal is to analyze empirically in how far taxes influence such takeovers. The project’s first research question is…
Highspeed internet access is a key pre-requisite for new services to households such as Video on Demand. Moreover, it might also be a low-budget alternative for emerging enterprises with comparably low data…
Recently, natural resources have once again gained increasing public interest. Relevant issues are the security of supply and raw material prices, but also environmental damages caused for instance by mining.…
Background:Changing the energy systems to climate friendly and sustainable systems is one of the largest challenges facing society today. The characteristics of the innovation systems with respect to new and…
This study explores the role of high technology areas for the German innovation system and inhowfar a focus of innovation policy on these areas is advantageous. The study looks at the application of high…
Pursuing the goals of the Lisbon Strategy, the European Commission addresses the malfunctioning of the Internal Market due to corporate tax obstacles. In this context, effective tax burdens reveal possible…
More than 800 German companies are currently regulated under the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU-ETS). Companies face the challenge of optimizing individual behavior and internal decisions with respect to the…
The project aims at finding empirical evidence for the investment behavior of multinationals. The impact of international taxation on this investment behavior is to be analyzed. The investment behavior covers…
The research project aims at finding empirical evidence for taxation effects on multinational companies. By contrast to the existing empirical work dealing with tax effects on multinationals, this project…
Baden-Württemberg is one of Europe’s leading locations for biotechnology with excellence especially in red biotechnology. The extraordinary economic and technical capability of Baden-Württemberg in the field of…