The purpose of the project is to write a background report for the OECD Review of Innovation Policy in Germany. The background report summarises and discusses key issues and trends of current innovation policy in…
The (academic) debate on price markups (as indicators of market power) points in a clear direction: average price markups, and thus market power of firms, are increasing - with consequences for productivity,…
Patent box schemes received much critical attention because they allow intellectual property (IP) profits to be taxed at a low or even zero corporate tax rate without a clear link between the R&D activity and…
To mitigate the negative economic effects of the Corona crisis, several countries have utilized tax policy instruments. In Europe, all countries quickly introduced immediate responses…
The urgency for research on the topic of the taxation of the digital economy is highlighted by the fact that the G20 and OECD as well as individual nations are taking partially uncoordinated actions to…
We will empirically estimate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on international trade. One hypothesis to be tested is that economies with a higher degree of trade diversification are less harmed by…
This project examines the political, economic, and cultural factors that influenced the foundation of public saving banks in Germany in the 19th and early 20th century.
Numerous new regulatory frameworks and policy initiatives demand checks of machine learning algorithms. We argue that algorithm checking procedures have to be understood as information production processes…
In this project, we investigate the effects of the national minimum wage in Germany on competition and industry structure. The main is to answer the question whether the national minimum wage introduction in 2015…
The aim of the project is to update the list of R&D invenstive products and industries which has been produced in 2012 by NIW, ISI and ZEW. In addition, the list of knowledge-intensive sectors will be updated too.
Technology markets are markets where codified technological knowledge is traded. This knowledge is typically protected by intellectual property rights such as patents, utility models or designs. These IPRs can be…