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Fighting cartels is a major priority of EU competition policy. Acting in concert with national com¬petition authorities in the EU, the European Commission (EC) has made considerable efforts to promote…

• Economic Outlook Expectations Undisturbed by Q1 GDP Contraction
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• Inflation Rate in Switzerland Expected to Stay Unchanged
• Rise in Long-Term Interest Rates…

Steigende Mengen und sinkende Preise

Die Mengen an transportierten Gütern werden in fast allen Teilbereichen der deutschen Transportwirtschaft in den nächsten sechs Monaten zunehmen. Lediglich bei den Kurier-,…

This study investigates the impact of public R&D subsidies on R&D investment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany during the most recent economic crisis. Our analysis is based on firm-level…

Union representation has been in strong decline in most OECD countries with potentially important consequences for wages. What drives this decline? We try to answer this question by developing and implementing a…

Academic spin-offs are an important means for transferring skills, research results and technologies developed at universities to the for-profit private sector. Due to their origin from universities, spinoffs…