Sustainability goals are frequently achieved through cooperation between companies. However, this is often inadmissible under current competition law. So far, the competition authorities have had to limit their assessment of cooperations and mergers to the effects in the relevant market. The EU...

Is Germany's real GDP still allowed to grow in the coming years if the country wants to be climate neutral by 2045, or will the economy have to shrink? This question is a controversial issue in science and politics. However, this macroeconomic indicator is not the variable on which economic...

Radically changed global conditions are forcing a "Great Transformation" of the economy and society. Predominantly, this isunderstood as a modernisation process associated with massive investments and a surge in (green) growth. However, the likelihood ofsuch a scenario is fading and it seems...

Multiple crises and ecological transformation are driving an intense debate about government credit financing and its restriction by the constitutional debt brake. The Board of Academic Advisors at the BMWK has presented a proposal on how more flexibility would be possible without undermining...

Die Wasserpreise in Deutschland werden im Zuge der neuerdings aktivierten kartellrechtlichen Missbrauchsaufsicht verstärkt kontrovers diskutiert. Insgesamt ist der Regulierungsrahmen der Wasserwirtschaft unter Veränderungsdruck. Dabei steht die Entgeltkontrolle im Mittelpunkt des Interesses....

Die Offshore-Windenergie mit Schwerpunkt auf der Nordseeregion und ihren dominierenden Ländern entwickelt sich zuungunsten Deutschlands. Zudem gewinnt Asien in diesem Bereich erhebliche Marktanteile. Offshore-Windenergieanlagen erfordern eine langfristige Planung, wobei die Stilllegung...

Eine verbesserte Energieeffizienz wird häufig als sinnvoller Weg erachtet, um weniger Treibhausgase zu produzieren und Ressourcen zu schonen. Dabei wird jedoch oft unberücksichtigt gelassen, dass gerade durch die Erhöhung der Energieeffizienz Anreize geschaffen werden, mehr Energie zu nutzen....

The design of an operationally and militarily prepared Bundeswehr of the future requires the consideration of multiple facets. Its operation requires reliable access to economic resources (labour, capital, land) and their efficient management. This completely addresses the contradiction between...