Forderungen nach Lockerungen der Schuldenbremse haben seit dem Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zum zweiten Nachtragshaushalt 2021 Auftrieb erhalten. Oft wird argumentiert, dass die Schuldenbremse wichtige Zukunftsinvestitionen behindere und eine ambitionierte Investitionspolitik mehr...

Der Bundeshaushalt hat im Jahr 2023 mit 20,0 Prozent jeden fünften Euro für Zukunftsausgaben eingesetzt. Die Zukunftsausrichtung des Bundeshaushalts war zuvor in der Pandemie auf einen Wert von nur 18,2 Prozent abgesackt, hat sich seitdem jedoch wieder erholt. Zum Anstieg der Zukunftsausgaben...

This study tests for financial constraints on R&D investment and how they differ from capital investment. To identify constraints in the access to external capital, we employ a credit rating index. Our models show that internal constraints, measured by mark-ups, are more decisive for R&D than...

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional setup suggests to explicitly distinguish union...

This paper investigates how competition and firm size affect the relationship between market uncertainty and R&D investment. We use an intuitively appealing measure of firm-specific uncertainty along with panel data to show that firms invest less in current R&D as uncertainty about market...

Using data on a sample of manufacturing establishments in Germany, we find that the use of self-managed teams is associated with increased intra-firm wage inequality between skilled and unskilled blue-collar workers. We also show that moderating factors play an important role. While teamwork...

This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a...

Long-term public sector sponsored training programs often show little or negative short-run employment effects and often it is not possible to assess whether positive long-run effects exist. Based on unique administrative data, this paper estimates the long-run differential employment effects of...