The state of Baden-Württemberg pledges to uphold the federal government's commitment to an on average reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 21% in the years 2008-2012 as compared to 1990. The national climate…
In line with the Presidency Conclusions of the Goeteborg European Council, which emphasise the role of sustainable development for policy making in the EuropeanUnion, the project aimed at building a network of…
The proposed project BASIC investigates the question how to guarantee the provision of affordable and reliable basic services in the liberalised markets for electricity, telecommunication, public transport and…
ZEW-Foundation Panels are a main data base for a lot of research topics within the department. Micro data are aggregated to indicators about firm foundation activities. Some standardizied proofs and analyses are…
Temporary agency work has gained in importance as a means to increase labour market flexibility over the last decade. However, our knowledge concerning the structure of the temporary work industry and the…
The objective of this project was to provide IPTS with a powerful and transparent model system that accommodates rigorous and comprehensive quantitative assessment of the economic impacts induced by energy,…
The Internet evolved in a largely unregulated environment. Recent developments have, however, initiated a discussion among economists on the role of regulation and antitrust in the market for Internet service…
The EU Commission is planning the introduction of a system for the trading of emissions in implementing the commitments set by the Kyoto Protocol. The draft directive allows the individual states a considerable…
Since many years the analysis of the determinants for the length of individual unemployment durations is subject to scientific and political discussion in Germany. However, the results of the existing scientific…
In the last decade, European Science and Technology Policy was much concerned with the so-called "European Paradox". While the EU countries performed rather well in terms of scientific output, there was a…