Zusammenfassung Aus ökonomischer Sicht sollte sich die Technologiepolitik auf die nicht-diskriminierende Förderung privater Innovationsaktivitäten konzentrieren, wobei marktferne Projekte stärker gefördert werden sollten als marktnahe Projekte. Die tatsächliche Technologiepolitik in...

Abstract This economic policy forum is assigned to the relevance of mergers in the era of globalization. Stefan Voigt argues that the number as well as the relevance of mergers has dramatically increased over the last couple of years. This has led to demands to modify the competition policies...

Abstract The new German federal government has stipulated a price barrier as a response to the seeming „rent explosion“ in German residential markets. Contrary to this perception, we find that inflation-adjusted rents net of heating are even lower today than twenty years ago. Furthermore,...