While the benefits of patents for society as well as for patentees have extensively been studied in the theoretical and empirical economics of innovation literature, researchers in recent years have more and…

Good policy advice, in addition to requiring sound theoretical frameworks to identify growthenhancing fiscal reforms, also needs a reliable evidence base. Much of this evidence base has traditionally come from…

During the last 20 years developed economies have evidenced an increase in their expenditures on information and communication technologies (ICT), and there is ample evidence indicating that the diffusion of ICT…

Efforts for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions require economically efficient and ecologically effective policies. This book examines the effectiveness of quantity regulation, such as emissions trading,…

• Economic Sentiments For Central and Eastern Europe Continue to Improve
• Economic Outlook for the CEE Region, Austria and the Eurozone
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Current Situation Improved
• Croatia, Hungary…

Good policy advice, in addition to requiring sound theoretical frameworks to identify growth-enhancing fiscal reforms, also needs a reliable evidence base. Much of this evidence base has traditionally come from…

Motivated by the current discussion on different separate banking systems, we provide an overview of the different systems, question them and outline their effect on systemic stability and the German banking…