In the current information-based economies, human capital is highly relevant for individual labour market perspectives and the size of the returns to education has become a classical topic in economics of…
How does FDI integration influence the synchronization of business cycles? This question is of importance in the context of the European discussion on the optimal currency area. Moreover, recent turbulent years…
This research project aimed to highlight the relevance of fairness-concepts within the population and to analyze the determinants of voluntary contributions to climate protection, so as to deepen and advance…
The main objective of the study is to organise an exchange of good practice in the public promotion of the deployment of Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). Policy learning among EU Member States is stimulated by…
Creation of sophisticated analyses of Bavaria’s firm foundations activities since 2000 based on the information of the Mannheim Enterprise4 Panel differentiated…
In this project we study the effects of remedies on the market structure in food retailing. With this we attempt to contribute findings for the design of remedies and for the regional delineation of markets in…
The aim of the project was the organisation and conduct of the inaugural meeting of the scientific area programme "The Economics of Science", issued by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Bonn,…
The aim of this research is to determine the extent and scope of innovation activities of the business enterprise sector in the city of Berlin. Based on a special sample for Berlin-based enterprises as part of the…
The need to go beyond GDP to measure the well-being of people and societal progress is now fully recognized, also at a political level. The EU FP7 project e-Frame - European Framework for Measuring Progress -…
Despite weakening global growth prospects, inflation has risen around the world during the current economy and financial crises. Besides its direct impacts, e.g. increased purchase prices or wages, the rapid …
Due to the German Federal Government’s energy policy objectives in general and the accelerated nuclear phase-out - decided in June 2011 - in particular, the structure of electricity generation is changing…