Although France and Germany are similar in many socio-economic dimensions, their total fertility rates are at the opposite extremes of the spectrum found in the OECD. German family policy has sought to increase…
The overarching research questions of the project are as follows: What are the effects of ongoing demographic, sociocultural and structural changes on the utilization of existing single-family home stocks in…
With the advances in information technology, auctions were in widespread use in procurement since the late 1990’s. However, in recent years, the use of auctions decreased and hybrid mechanisms, combining…
A recent literature suggests imposing different tax rates on different types of taxpayers. The rationale behind this approach is based on two conditions: (i) The characteristics of the considered types of…
In scientific literature, two key parameters have been established measuring the reaction to income tax changes: labour supply elasticities on the one hand and the elasticity of taxable income on the other.…
Numerical fiscal rules are implemented to counterbalance the deficit bias in budgetary policy. However, the effectiveness of these rules in limiting public debt has been a matter of discussion. Over the recent…
Based on a qualitative survey the role and importance of engineers in the organisation and orientation of firms innovation activities and for the cooperation with scientific institutions were analysed. Thereby the…
Cooperation between companies is a daily business practice when producing goods and services. German companies employ various ways for cooperation, such as using third-party intermediate products or subservices,…
The aim of this project is to extend our knowledge about the drivers and consequences of both the adoption and creation of energy-saving and more generally energy-related innovation. Based on a firm-level analysis…
The debate on the competences between the EU and its Member States has risen in line with the most recent financial and debt crisis. While some supporters of the EU argue that its competences are still too…
The European Commission was discussing the introduction of a market stability reserve (MSR) for stabilizing market prices within the EU emission trading system (EU ETS). To assess the likely effect of such an MSR,…