As a complementary study, KfW Bankengruppe and the ZEW have developed a second annual survey in the framework of the KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer: the KfW/ZEW-CO2-Barometer – Manufacturing Industry Edition. The aim is…

Main Results of the Survey:

• Energy Efficiency Increased for most Companies, However Total Consumption is Expected to Increase.
• The Majority of Companies Expect Decline in Fossil Fuels Consumption.
• Energy Efficiency…

This paper introduces a new data source available for HRM researchers and personnel economists, the Linked Personnel Panel (LPP). The LPP is a longitudinal and representative employer-employee data set…

Vor allem der Straßengüterverkehr kann mit steigenden Transportmengen rechnen

Die Entwicklung auf den deutschen Transportmärkten lässt in den kommenden sechs Monaten kaum Spielräume für Preiserhöhungen.…

Inequality has increased considerably in many Western countries over the past decades. When dealing with economic inequality as a research subject the question “inequality of what among whom?” arises. Analyses…

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Corporate tax levels have fallen substantially in Europe during the last decades. A broad literature has identified tax competition as one reason for this decline in corporate tax levels. However, none of these…

This paper exploits detailed information on local political and socioeconomic networks and a reform of local fiscal equalization in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) to identify the role of learning in local tax rate…