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…
Creation of sophisticated analyses of Bavaria’s firm foundations activities since 2000 based on the information of the Mannheim Enterprise4 Panel differentiated…
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…
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,…
The need to go beyond GDP to measure the well-being of people and societal progress is now fully recognized, also at a political level. The EU FP7 project e-Frame - European Framework for Measuring Progress -…
Due to the German Federal Government’s energy policy objectives in general and the accelerated nuclear phase-out - decided in June 2011 - in particular, the structure of electricity generation is changing…
In this project, we focus on the question of an optimal design of competition law enforcement. We investigate both public and private enforcement perspectives with a particular focus on the derivation of…
In March 2011, the European Commission published a draft council directive on the common consolidated tax base (CCTB). To remove tax obstacles within the European Union, the European Commission proposes a broad…
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 …
In this project, we start with an initial assessment of particular competiton policy rules and institutions from a law and economics perspective. From a law perspective, comparative analyses are especially…