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  1. Comment // 12.05.2016

    Statement of Professor Andreas Peichl on the Anti-Corruption Summit London 2016: "Politicians Have to Toughen up on Tax Havens"

    On today's summit in London, the world's governments are conferring on how to effectively fight global corruption. According to Professor Andreas Peichl, head of the Research Group “International Distribution…
  2. Opinion // 03.05.2016

    Digital Economy – Competition Policy Enters New Territory

    Since the beginning of March 2016, the Federal Cartel Office has been investigating one of the giants of the digital economy on suspicion of misuse of market power – Facebook. Indeed, since the end of 2010, the…
  3. Questions & Answers // 28.04.2016

    How Sustainable Are Germany's Planned Energy Market Reforms? – "The Planned Shutdown of Brown Coal Power Stations is Completely Ineffective"

    The federal government has revealed ambitious plans for new legislation. The electricity market law, the act on capacity reserves, and the law on digitalisation should ensure that the energy transition is…
  4. Guests at ZEW // 18.04.2016

    Jan Sauermann, PhD, Visiting Researcher at ZEW

    Jan Sauermann, PhD, is a visiting researcher in ZEW's Research Department "Information and Communication Technologies" from April 13 to 29, 2016. He is Assistant Professor at the Swedish Institute for Social…