The aim of this research is to collect data on innovation activities of the business enterprise sector in the State of Berlin in the years 2019 to 2021 as well as the planned innovation activities in 2022 and…
The aim of this research is to collect data on innovation activities of the business enterprise sector in the State of Saxony in the years 2019 to 2021 as well as the planned innovation activities in 2022 and…
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…
Firm location and investment decisions are crucial for the economic prosperity of local communities. To that effect, local governments have a variety of policy tools at their disposal through which they can…
Studies show that funds with low managerial ownership shares significantly underperform, indicating that the manager’s incentives are not aligned with the fund shareholder’s interests. “Skin in the game”, i.e. …
With the goal of a fairer and faster allocation of daycare places, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research has developed KitaMatch since 2017, a procedure that enables a transparent, fair and fast…
The aim of the study is to analyse the development of R&D expenditure in Germany in the past 25 years for sectors of performance and individual industries in the business enterprise sector. The dynamics in Germany…
The current focus in the public evaluation of state governments and administrations lies on the services provided to citizens. However, this does not comprise whether and to what extent federal states perform…
The Corona pandemic continues to have a major impact on social and economic activities in Europe at the end of 2021. Measures against the spread of the virus, such as lockdowns and short-time work, pose…
In accordance with the EU Commission's Guideline on State Aid to Promote Risk Financing (Risk Financing Guidelines), an ex-ante analysis is to be carried out on the "INVEST- Zuschuss für Wagniskapital" funding…
An ongoing debate that already started in the pre-Covid-19 era addresses the question whether the fiscal rules in Germany and the EU have a too restrictive impact on public expenditures. Critics fear that such…
The study aims at developing proposals for improving the administration of the newly introduced R&D tax credit in Germany. The study deals with two main questions: