The majority of enterprises in Germany are family-owned. There are not only represented in the mid-sized sector but also make up a significant part of large-scale enterprises with an annual revenue of 50 million…
CEP services (Courier, express and parcel services) are currently showing a strong growth trend. In Germany, for example, more than 2.9 billion CEP shipments were sent in 2015. This figure is expected to increase…
In the years 2015 and 2016 more than one million asylum seekers arrived in Germany affecting the labour market in different ways: On the one hand these asylum seekers had to be accommodated and taken care of,…
Fiscal rules have gained importance in recent decades given ever increasing deficits and public debt around the world. In this project, we add to a small literature which recently evaluated the budgetary and…
The aim of the research project is to identify the effectiveness of R&D tax incentives using the evidence gathered by econometric evaluation studies of R&D tax incentives in the past 20 years. The main…
Diese Expertise untersucht im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend zwei Varianten für eine Reform des Kinderzuschlags, die auf eine Stärkung der Arbeitsanreize zielen. …
The current debate about the economic and political development of the European Union devotes considerable attention to fostering economic resilience and achieving economic convergence of the member states. In the…
This project investigates the potentials of the Saxon economy and of the Saxon Science system with respect to the Key Enabling Technologies defined by the EU and the so called Future Fields of Saxons Innovation…
This project aims to advance the understanding of market design in the presence of political constraints such as re-election motives as well as corruption and favoritism. We will study how corrupt market …
The aim of this interdisciplinary research network is to examine how digital transformation affects the functionality of tax systems. The research addresses the concern that digitalization further impairs the…
Within the scope of the project, current and past economic indicators for Baden-Württemberg's cultural and creative industries are prepared and evaluated in order to show both the status and developments of the…