The continuation project "International climate policy and fairness preferences" had two objectives. The first objective was to analyse whether preferences for fairness can be distinguished from preferences for…
The aim of this research project is to estimate the effect of pre-school institutional child care on child outcomes at school entry. In particular, we are interested in evaluating how the duration of child…
Economic theories suggest that due to household responsibilities and being the secondary earner, married women are restricted with regard to their geographic mobility compared with their male …
The project carried out an additional survey to the innovation survey 2009 and analyse it. All firms having responded in the innovation survey 2009 that they have introduced eco-innovations were asked for more…
The national research and innovation policy supports innovation processes and influences economic and employment growth. The project analyses the German research and innovation policy in an international context…
In this research project we considered the question whether vertical integration affects the conditions of electricity standard contracts. A standard contract is a universal service obligation (USO) as it ensures…
It has been widely recognized that information and communication technologies (ICT) are key for productivity and growth of the overall economy. The implementation of new ICT applications, however, requires a well…
While the financial crisis is biting into the real economy, more and more companies are expecting, or are already, facing profit downturns. Taxes on non-income values become, in view of decreasing profits, a…
The research project aims at contributing to a better understanding of the effect of political factors on national tax policy. In particular, the interaction of the ideological positions of political…
Within the scope of this project supported by a grant from the Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung a corporate microsimulation model (ZEW TaxCoMM) will be developed for the ex-ante-evaluation of corporate tax reforms. In…
The overall objective of the study was to analyse the possible risk of carbon leakage on European energy intensive industries as a consequence of the EU Climate Action. In particular, if no international agreement…
Innovations are essential if an economy wants to stay competitive. Service products are intangible, interactive and are often produced and consumed simultaneously. Thus, the importance of knowledge as a production…