The exit of investors is an important event for private firms. Venture capitalists mostly decide to take this step via a trade sale or initial public offering (IPO). At this point, the companies can have …
The research project analysed the challenges of firms in the metropolitan region of Rhine-Neckar with respect to developing and introducing innovations, as well as potential policy approaches to improve the…
The project provides short reports and dialogue formats on labor market and social policy issues to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The purpose is to inform the current debate and the political…
Tax compliance nudges -- behavioral interventions that aim to increase tax compliance without changing the underlying economic incentives of taxpayers -- are used increasingly by governments because of their…
The project builds on the established knowledge that many people often have little knowledge of political and economic relationships. We want to investigate whether and to what extent…
The project aims at preparing the European innovation survey for the 2022 reference year (Community Innovation Survey – CIS 2022). This includes the development of a questionnaire and an update of the survey…
The objective of this research project is to examine the relationship between demand and price volatility in the retail gasoline industry. We study to what extent can demand shocks explain the daily price…
The cross-sectional evaluation of support measures for innovative start-ups analyses the impacts, synergies and complementarities among a series of programmes offered by the Federal Ministry of Economics and…
The goal of this project is to provide a systematic and methodologically comprehensive analysis of the link between regional inequality and political discontent and increasing populism for the case of Germany. We…
Pursuing the goals of the Lisbon Strategy, the European Commission addresses the malfunctioning of the Internal Market due to corporate tax obstacles. In this context, effective tax burdens reveal possible…
The corona pandemic and subsequent measures led to financial difficulties for people who were particularly affected by the economic consequences of the crisis, as well as for households that were already living…