Diese Untersuchung beschäftigt sich mit den Wechselwirkungen, die zwischen einer alternden Gesellschaft und Kapitalmärkten bestehen. In diesem Zusammenhang ergeben sich eine ganze Reihe interessanter Fragen, die…

Das vorliegende Gutachten erweitert den IBC Taxation Index 2003 um weitere europäische Regionen in Osteuropa, Skandinavien und Westeuropa. Der IBC Taxation Index weist die effektive Unternehmenssteuerbelastung…

Using the model recently developed by Jaumandreu (2003) this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level…

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information from suits filed during the period from 1993 to 1995 at two of the three most important…

The ECB reform is designed to meet the challenges of an enlarged monetary union in the ECB Council. The reform is assessed by analysing alternatives for the classification of governors into groups of the…

In this study, I analyze the relationship between IT use and wages in West Germany in 1998/99. I use two estimation approaches: regression based matching and matching on the propensity score. The richness of the…

The paper examines the applicability of GDP-linked bonds for the financing of developing countries and emerging markets. GDP-linked bonds are bonds of which the coupon and/or redemption payments are tied to…