Tax competition is the result of national fiscal policies mutually influencing each other in and environment of high economic integration and affects mobility decisions for labour and capital.Nowadays, the…
The aim of this project is to analyse opportunities and challenges of the digital eco-system of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Subjects of the investigation are infrastructure, broadband and mobility;…
This study aims to identify structural reforms in Germany in the period 2013 to 2017, including their origins, intended impact, and actual impact to date, as well as remaining reform needs. Structural reforms…
The Austrian Report on Research and Technology summarises state and development of research and technology in Austria and presents government activities to promote scientific…
Increasingly globalised, mobile and digital business models and corporate structures have enhanced the scope for corporate tax planning activities and continue to challenge the uncoordinated coexistence of …
This project analyses qualitative and quantitative data from existing sources in order to provide an integrated view of industrial modernisation in Europe and how to improve the monitoring of industrial…
The purpose of the project is to provide a basic data set for the evaluation of the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM) and to provide support services for using this data set in the context of the…
The project examines policy makers' preferences for public finance reforms as part of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 884 "Political Economy of Reforms" (http://reforms.uni-mannheim.de/). The project will…
In a previous project a study on the optimal division of competences between the EU and its member states („How Europe can deliver“) was written. Within this project, for the purpose of communicating…
As part of the EU-Twinning Project “Supporting the Georgian National Communication Commission (GNCC) in Developing of its Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework and Operational Capacities in Line with EU…
The construction industry with its approximately two million employees and almost 330,000 companies (BBSR 2019: 4) is one of the most important economic sectors in Germany. In addition, there are numerous…
This project aims at studying the effects of the real estate transfer tax in Germany on the municipalities' budgets. In 2006, the reform of fiscal federalism shifted the tax-setting authority over the real…