Projects

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.03.2011 – 31.10.2013

    The economics of climate change – integrated economic assessment of instruments of adaptation to climate change

    The project aimed at developing and assessing policy instruments for the adaptation to climate change with an integrated economic approach. In particular, existing structures of financing and incentivizing…

  2. Project // 01.02.2011 – 31.01.2013

    Empirical Evidence for the Effect of Taxation on National and International Mergers & Acquisitions

    Large parts of corporate investment consist of corporate takeovers. The aim of the research proposal is to analyze empirically in how far taxes influence such takeovers. The project’s first research question is…

  3. Project // 01.02.2011 – 30.06.2012

    Development of a Partial Equilibrium Model for Mineral Resources

    Recently, natural resources have once again gained increasing public interest. Relevant issues are the security of supply and raw material prices, but also environmental damages caused for instance by mining.…

  4. Project // 01.02.2011 – 30.11.2016

    EIS: Strategic research alliance for Energy Innovation Systems and their dynamics - Denmark in global competition

    Background:Changing the energy systems to climate friendly and sustainable systems is one of the largest challenges facing society today. The characteristics of the innovation systems with respect to new and…

  5. Project // 01.02. – 31.12.2011

    The Effect of Broadband Infrastructure on Entrepreneurial Activities: The Case of Germany

    Highspeed internet access is a key pre-requisite for new services to households such as Video on Demand. Moreover, it might also be a low-budget alternative for emerging enterprises with comparably low data…

  6. Project // 21.01. – 31.03.2011

    On the Role of High Technology, R&D intensity and low-technology industries for innovation and innovation support in Germany

    This study explores the role of high technology areas for the German innovation system and inhowfar a focus of innovation policy on these areas is advantageous. The study looks at the application of high…

  7. Project // 01.01.2011 – 31.12.2012

    Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services

      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…

  8. Project // 01.01.2011 – 31.12.2012

    International Corporate Taxation and Group Structures

    The research project aims at finding empirical evidence for taxation effects on multinational companies. By contrast to the existing empirical work dealing with tax effects on multinationals, this project…

  9. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2011

    Carbon Management at German Companies

    More than 800 German companies are currently regulated under the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU-ETS). Companies face the challenge of optimizing individual behavior and internal decisions with respect to the…

  10. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2011

    Evaluation of the Biotech R&D Support Programme of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg

    Baden-Württemberg is one of Europe’s leading locations for biotechnology with excellence especially in red biotechnology. The extraordinary economic and technical capability of Baden-Württemberg in the field of…

  11. Project // 01.01.2011 – 31.03.2012

    The impact of international company taxation on the investment behaviour of Baden-Württemberg’s multinationals

    The project aims at finding empirical evidence for the investment behavior of multinationals. The impact of international taxation on this investment behavior is to be analyzed. The investment behavior covers…

  12. Project // 01.01. – 30.09.2011

    Climate Proofing" of key EU Policies - short term actions

    In this project, the most significant threats and challenges posed by climate change to the EU were assessed, in order to identify appropriate measures that could be taken or adjusted to address these threats…