This study is aimed at analyzing the market for overdraft facilities with a special focus on the level and development of interest rates and consumer behavior regarding this product. It is a joint study between…
Based on the keyword „net neutrality“, most recently a controversial discussion emerged in Europe and in particular in Germany on the role of the state and how transmission neutrality in communication networks…
The project extends the evaluation of German family policies by taking into account the life-cycle dimension. The study begins by documenting typical patterns of use of these measures over the life cycle. A…
The study will provide an overview of the situation of the VC industry in the EU, its perspectives for and barriers to further development. In addition, the project will provide suggestions for policy…
The empirical literature specifically addressing the differences between financial and tax accounting (reporting gap) in Germany is rather small. This is probably explained by the difficulty of obtaining…
The objective of this study is to analyze the Draft Council Directive on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) as of March 16, 2011 and examine how the proposed CC(C)TB will influence the tax burden…
In most European countries, including Germany, tertiary education is mostly publicly financed. It is therefore of central relevance for the State and for society that this investment of public means occurs in an…
With its election, the Federal Government of Germany has formulated its firm intention to develop a long-term strategy for the future energy supply. The energy concept of autumn 2010 and the changes made to it…
The goal of the project was to evaluate the firm specific costs of greenhouse gas regulation that stems from the EU emissions trading scheme. By doing so, the focus was on special firm characteristics that…
In this project, the start-up activity in the German High-Tech sector is analysed over time with respect to the number of firms per 10’000 persons in working age (start-up intensity) and its share in total…
Innovation strategies of companies are most interesting when they are analyzed in the long run. For this research, panel information of innovative and patenting behavior is the most suitable. Patents are often…
In markets for entertainment media such as music, films, books or video games there is usually a steady influx of new products. We also observe strong fluctuations in consumer demand. Sales figures are often at…