Die jüngsten Entwicklungen auf den Agrarrohstoff- sowie Energiemärkten mit signifikant ansteigenden Preisen werfen verschiedene Fragen für Landwirte sowie für die Agrarpolitik auf. Ein Teil der Entwicklung wird auf die jüngsten Veränderungen der Rahmenbedingungen für die...

The paper investigates the influence of three different wage-setting regimes (industry-wide collective contracts, firm-level contracts, and individual contracts) on the level and the dispersion of wages. The analysis uses the Salary and Wage Structure Survey for Lower Saxony, Germany. The...

Der institutionelle Reformprozess vom gesetzlich geschützten Fernmeldemonopol zu der partiellen Marktöffnung in den 1980er Jahren bis hin zur umfassenden Marktöffnung seit Januar 1998 schuf ein fruchtbares Forschungsfeld, sowohl aus der Perspektive der normativen als auch der positiven...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of market oriented institutional reforms in German network industries. A disaggregated approach is chosen, which differentiates between network services, infrastructure management and network infrastructure. The gradual opening of network...

In order to analyze the remaining role for sector-specific regulation the focus of this paper is on those elements of the Internet periphery and Internet service provision, which are strongly based on telecommunications, in particular Internet access and Internet backbone. Section 2 deals with...

The Risk Adjustment Reform Act of 2001 mandates that a health-status-based risk adjustment mechanism has to be implemented in Germany's Statutory Health Insurance system by January 1, 2007. German parliament decided this as with the existing demographic risk adjustment model, that means there is...

The objectives guiding health care reforms in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands were to increase efficiency and consumer satisfaction in the provision of health care services. This paper sums up incentives and instruments of competition for consumers, sickness funds and health care...