This study aims to identify structural reforms in Germany in the period 2013 to 2017, including their origins, intended impact, and actual impact to date, as well as remaining reform needs. Structural reforms…
The Austrian Report on Research and Technology summarises state and development of research and technology in Austria and presents government activities to promote scientific…
Increasingly globalised, mobile and digital business models and corporate structures have enhanced the scope for corporate tax planning activities and continue to challenge the uncoordinated coexistence of …
The project examines policy makers' preferences for public finance reforms as part of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 884 "Political Economy of Reforms" (http://reforms.uni-mannheim.de/). The project will…
This project aims at studying the effects of the real estate transfer tax in Germany on the municipalities' budgets. In 2006, the reform of fiscal federalism shifted the tax-setting authority over the real…
In a previous project a study on the optimal division of competences between the EU and its member states („How Europe can deliver“) was written. Within this project, for the purpose of communicating…
Despite the great achievements for peace and economic prosperity, the European project has recently been challenged with public support being on decline in many member states. If national identity remains strong…
The study analyses and evaluates the performance of academic and industrial research in Baden-Wuerttemberg from a strategic perspective. The results of the analyses are used to review the thematic and programmatic…
As part of the EU-Twinning Project “Supporting the Georgian National Communication Commission (GNCC) in Developing of its Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework and Operational Capacities in Line with EU…
The INFOWIK project aimed to improve the measurement of investments in knowledge-based capital and thus to improve the innovation indicators for this important aspect of the innovation capacity of firms and…
The construction industry with its approximately two million employees and almost 330,000 companies (BBSR 2019: 4) is one of the most important economic sectors in Germany. In addition, there are numerous…
The main purpose of the project is to categorize patents according to whether they reflect product vs. process inventions. The project involves a large-scale categorization of ‘technological fields’ and the…