Since the start of EMU monetary policy is centralised for the countries of the Euro area. In contrast to that main responsibility for banking supervision remains with the national authorities. This allocation of…
On behalf of the Ministry for the Environment and Transport of the German State Baden-Württemberg, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut) have…
How do product demand and market shares react if product prices are changed? This traditional question of Industrial Organization has experienced a rebirth in recent years. Starting from the hedonic price…
This project analyzes if and to what extent employee training efforts, the lack of qualified personnel, firm size and employees skill structure influence firms decision to outsource information technology…
There is an increasingly large overlap between digital and classical product markets. Nowadays, job offers can be called up online, used cars are traded over the internet, online auctions take place. The internet…
This project investigates the impact of the knowledge economy on employment generation in Europe. It will first construct knowledge indicators for selected European countries, such as ICT (information and…