University technology transfer has attracted considerable attention in the literature with a focus on the institutions, the agents involved in technology commercialisation or the differentiation between formal and informal technology transfer mechanisms. There has, however, been little...

Because of endogeneity problems very few studies have been able to identify the incidence of corporate taxes on wages. We circumvent these problems by using an 11-year panel of data on 11,441 German municipalities' tax rates, 8 percent of which change each year, linked to administrative matched...

How do different components of the tax and transfer systems affect disposable income inequality? This paper explores the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality analysis based on the standard approach suggests that...

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...

This paper investigates to what extent the tax and transfer systems in Europe protect households at different income levels against losses in current income caused by economic downturns like the present financial crisis. We use a multi country micro simulation model to analyse how shocks on...

Europa sollte für künftige Pandemien Pläne für ein effektiveres Krisenmanagement entwickeln. Mobilitätsbeschränkungen über nationale Grenzen hinweg und gesundheitspolitische Maßnahmen sollten besser koordiniert werden, um etwa vorhandene Krankenhauskapazitäten gemeinsam nutzen zu...

In ihrem Beitrag zeigen PD Dr. Clemens Fuest und Dr. Marcel Thum, Universität München, dass sich auch bei imperfekten Arbeitsmärkten mit Tarifverhandlungen Immigrationsgewinne einstellen. Wie bei kompetitiven Arbeitsmärkten gehen die Effizienzgewinne aus der Zuwanderung aber einher mit...

The current debt crisis has given rise to a debate about deeper fiscal integration in Europe. The view is widespread that moving towards a 'fiscal union' would have a stabilising effect in the event of macroeconomic shocks. In this paper we study the economic effects of introducing two elements...

Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and objective for firm acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand, patents can be attractive because of their...