The introduction of the Euro has been accompanied by the hope that international competition between EMU member states would increase due to higher price transparency. This paper contributes to the literature by analyzing price elasticities in international trade flows between Germany and France...

This paper evaluates the effects of further training on the unemployment duration of different groups of persons representing individual characteristics and some aspects of the economic environment. The Micro Census Saxony enables us to include the employment history as a proxy for unobserved...

Ein optimal ausgestalteter Steuervollzug sollte die gesamtwirtschaftliche Effizienz des Steuersystems sicherstellen. In einem föderalen Staat stellt sich daher auch die Frage, in welchem Verantwortungsbereich die Finanzverwaltung angesiedelt sein sollte, um dieser Funktion möglichst gerecht zu...