The empirical research on Human Resource Management depends highly on the data used. Panel data containing employer and employee perspectives are needed to analyze the causal impact of HRM strategies on firm…
The study provides insights into the current tax treatment of group headquarter services in the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. In case of Switzerland we focus on the Canton of Zug in…
How does FDI integration influence the synchronization of business cycles? This question is of importance in the context of the European discussion on the optimal currency area. Moreover, recent turbulent years…
In the context of a growing international economic integration, taxation becomes a more and more central factor in the competition of regions and countries for international investment and skilled employees. …
This research project aimed to highlight the relevance of fairness-concepts within the population and to analyze the determinants of voluntary contributions to climate protection, so as to deepen and advance…
In the current information-based economies, human capital is highly relevant for individual labour market perspectives and the size of the returns to education has become a classical topic in economics of…
The aim of the project was the organisation and conduct of the inaugural meeting of the scientific area programme "The Economics of Science", issued by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Bonn,…
Creation of sophisticated analyses of Bavaria’s firm foundations activities since 2000 based on the information of the Mannheim Enterprise4 Panel differentiated…
In this project we study the effects of remedies on the market structure in food retailing. With this we attempt to contribute findings for the design of remedies and for the regional delineation of markets in…
The main objective of the study is to organise an exchange of good practice in the public promotion of the deployment of Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). Policy learning among EU Member States is stimulated by…
Despite weakening global growth prospects, inflation has risen around the world during the current economy and financial crises. Besides its direct impacts, e.g. increased purchase prices or wages, the rapid …