Housing providers in Baden Württemberg plan to expand their accessible housing property by eleven per cent in the coming ten years. New constructions will account for some 80 per cent of the new living space,…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin and the Ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich have…
The low price for CO2 in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is still hardly an incentive for companies to reduce CO2 emissions. Companies regulated under the Emissions Trading System, however, do feel the…
Immigrants in Germany tend to have more children than native Germans. The higher fertility stems not only from socio-economic differences, but is also influenced by cultural factors. This finding applies to…
In the three years following a cartel breakdown, the number of mergers is significantly higher than in the three years preceding the collapse. A recent study conducted by the Centre for European Economic…
The German energy policy is too fixated on the question how households and companies can be relieved from increasing energy costs. Instead, improving cost-efficiency in terms of energy supply and energy use…
German companies are well positioned on the global market for energy-efficient technologies. Against the backdrop of an assessment of the Federal Environment Agency, according to which the volume of this global…
Rising energy prices burden low income households. These households may have a tough time paying for their energy consumption in the near future. They will have to cut energy consumption or shift household…
The European Union could help its member states to save costs. Money could be saved by establishing common external representations of the EU or joint European armed forces. EU member states have been…