The debate on the competences between the EU and its member states has risen in line with the most recent financial and debt crisis. While some supporter of the EU argue that its competences are still too small…
The two German federal states of Bavaria and Hesse recently filed a lawsuit in the German supreme court against the current German vertical equalization scheme, which regulates the financial relationship of the…
Pursuing the goals of the Lisbon Strategy, the European Commission addresses the malfunctioning of the Internal Market due to corporate tax obstacles. In this context, effective tax burdens reveal possible…
There is only little information on the total contribution of European foundations to Research and Innovation in Europe. The EUFORI-Study thus targets at quantifying this contribution, at comparing foundations…
The study is divided into three parts. Part 1 quantitatively investigates the adjustment paths of key economic variables in the European crisis countries with a particular focus on growth-relevant factors like…
This project aims to enhance the understanding of the public finance related impacts of the German local-level direct democracy reforms of 1990s. The central focus is on Bavaria, where since the introduction of…
This report examines the question of whether Argentina´s responses during its sovereign debt crisis, and its subsequent restructuring, are comparable to the behavior of other countries in similar situations. …
This project examined the effects of profit taxation on business performance and innovation through well-defined transmission channels and the resulting policy implications. The project made three key…
This project aimed at examining the interactions between the three actors on the market for charitable giving – donors, charities, and the state – both theoretically and empirically. The empirical analyses were…