This article revisits an analysis by Frondel, Ritter and Schmidt (2008) of Germany's Renewable Energy Act, which legislates a system of feed-in tariff s to promote the use of renewable energies. As in the original article, we argue that Germany's support scheme subsidizes renewable energy...

Ohne Bildung keine Beschäftigung und ohne Beschäftigung möglicherweise auch keine Bildung - wer weiß? Der in allen OECD-Ländern zu beobachtende Wandel zur wissensbasierten Gesellschaft hat gravierende Folgen für Bildung und Ausbildung einerseits sowie für die Beschäftigungschancen auf...

Demographic change inevitably shifts the balance between contributors and recipients in the pension system. Moreover, in the German pension system benefit levels are closely linked to the current state of economic prosperity. Therefore, in the coming decades stabilisation of old-age security...

This paper contributes to the analysis of policy measures that attempt to reduce health care expenditures of insurers. We examine the impact of a cash bonus program for preventive health behavior of a German health insurer on prevention effort and health care expenditures using a unique...