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…
As a contribution to the Competitiveness report 2006 of the European Commission, this project analysed the impact of liberalisation of energy markets on efficiency, security of supply as well as environment. One…
Objective and motivation of the project: The projects objective is the assessment of the role of sustainability funds in the asset management of German charitable foundations. From the microeconomic and…
Advances in information and telecommunications technologies and the political processes that open up important markets (Eastern Europe, China, India) give rise to substantial economic opportunities. Up to now,…
This project investigates the short-term to medium-term predictability of stock market excess returns from an empirical point of view. Empirical evidence on predictability of market excess returns implies that…
The European Commission had assessed the national allocation plans of Member States for a European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). In this situation the impact of emissions trading on competitiveness and jobs…
This project analyzes the network externalities present in the Internet and the effect these externalities have on the interconnection incentives of competing Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The Internet is a…
The project analysed the performance of an investment strategy which is based on differences between forward rates and money market interest rates. In particular, the project aimed to investigate the stability of…
This project intends to measure the effects of health care policies and the need for health care of one of the spouses on the intra-household allocation of resources. Our analysis is based on a micro-economic…
The focus of this research project is to scan a wide range of policy scenarios as to their relevance for the European Sustainable Development Strategy in view of Extended Impact Assessment. Embedded in the…
The process of Impact Assessment (IA) aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of regulation by providing policy makers with information on likely costs and benefits, stimulating early interdepartmental…
The EU enlargement with ten new Member States considerably widens the Internal Market and opens it to participants with very different levels of economic development. In this context, this study analyses the…