From an economic point of view an evaluation of the influence of government measures on innovation activities in historic comparison has to consider different points of departure. On the one hand, the state…
In this project we will conduct comparative empirical analyses of labour market effects of income support programmes in Germany and the USA. Initially, we will identify the differences between the two countries…
The project is concerned with deriving ratios of infrastructural costs between rail and open road(particularly 40-ton trucks) transit for two German regions, Basel and Berlin, using 1998 as base year. The…
In political debates the high rate of unemployment in Germany is often blamed on the non-wage labour costs that have risen dramatically during the last few years. Therefore, the intended shift of tax burdens from…
When power changed hands in the autumn of 1998, the discussion about renouncing nuclear energy was rekindled. In this research project, apart from looking at the legal framework for abandoning nuclear energy, we…
The research project was conceived as continuation of the report on "Legal Aspects of the Introduction of a Quota Model for Renewable Energies" and contributed an in-depth treatment of the respective problem…
The project aims at analysing the state and current development of industry-science relations (ISR) in Germany. The analyses focus on fourissues: (a) characterising the level of ISR in Germany with respect to…
In the international diffusion of innovations one can observe that a particular technological design such as the facsimile machine, the personal computer or the mobile cellular telephone is often adopted by one…
Economists and legal experts regard flexible salaries as an important precondition to reduce the consistently high unemployment rate in Germany. In this context, they often refer to experience that was gathered in…