Projects

Laufende Projekte

  1. Project // 01.02.2025 – 31.01.2027

    The role of fiscal policy for monetary decision making in the ECB – Empirical diagnosis and monitoring ECB transparency

    The ECB has become a significant fiscal actor through its bond-purchase programs, which commenced in 2010 and culminated in the 2022 decision regarding the Transmission Protection Instrument (TPI). The Governing…

  2. Project // 01.01. – 01.10.2025

    Bundesländerindex Stiftung Familienunternehmen 2025

    The current focus in the public evaluation of state governments and administrations lies on the services provided to citizens. However, this does not comprise whether and to what extent federal states perform with…

  3. Project // 10.12.2024 – 30.06.2025

    Tax incentives and investment in the EU: best practices and ways to stimulate private investments and prevent harmful tax practices

    Governments worldwide increasingly rely on tax incentives to promote private R&D and innovation investment. Tax incentives make eligible investments financially advantageous to firms, aiming to drive growth, but…

  4. Project // 01.12.2024 – 30.04.2025

    The Economic Contribution of Family Firms

    The majority of businesses in Germany are family businesses. The economic significance of family businesses and their special features compared to other businesses have been examined in recent years in studies by…

  5. Project // 01.12.2024 – 30.09.2025

    Competition and Current Developments in Teaching and Knowledge Transfer by German Universities

    The aim of this study is to analyze and evaluate current quantitative and qualitative developments in transfer activities within the German higher education landscape, with a particular focus on their performance…

  6. Project // 01.11.2024 – 30.09.2025

    Innovation Participation, Innovations and Productivity in the German Economy

    The aim of the study is to examine the innovation performance and the development of productivity in the German economy, with particular attention to the situation in medium-sized firms and the contribution of…

  7. Project // 01.10.2024 – 30.09.2027

    STARK-MIT-DIBI: Empowerment of girls with a migrant background through digital education

    Digital education is becoming increasingly important for individual educational biographies and societal participation in the ever-evolving technological world. This is evidenced, among others, by reports from the…

  8. Project // 01.10.2024 – 30.09.2027

    Evaluation of financial education interventions across the lifespan

    The joint project EvaFin investigates whether, to what extent, for whom, under which conditions and how financial education interventions can contribute to effectively and sustainably support the development of…

  9. Project // 01.10. – 01.12.2024

    Expertise on Germany's tax challenges as a business location


      

    The latest Mannheim Tax Index shows that Germany is falling further behind in international tax competition for large companies and now has one of the highest corporate tax burdens in an international…

  10. Project // 01.06.2024 – 31.03.2025

    Firm Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy – Indicator Study 2025

    The aim of the project is to investigate business dynamism in Germany, with a special focus on the knowledge-intensive industries. Thereby, the study investigates and compares different sectors and federal states…

  11. Project // 01.06.2024 – 31.12.2025

    Empowerment through giving advice?

  12. Project // 01.06.2024 – 28.02.2025

    Knowledge and Technology Transfer in the Federal State of Saxony

    The aim of the project is to systemically analyse the knowledge and technology transfer between firms and public science in the Federal State of Saxony in order to evaluate the performance of the transfer system,…