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,…
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…
In this paper, we analyze the impact of corporate taxation on the location of corporate R&D activity. It is well known that corporate taxes negatively impact on the quantity of corporate R&D investment. Our…