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This paper presents scenarios of the shutdown costs in terms of lost value added for Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and UK. The shutdown phase will lead to considerable production losses and large declines in GDP this year. Lasting longer than a month, the losses within the...
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This note presents the results of two ad-hoc questions on the impact of the corona-crisis, which were included in the April-wave of the European Commission’s Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business Surveys. The questions were asked to German, Spanish and Austrian firms in the industry,...
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The ifo Institute for Economic Research has been conducting the ifo business survey since its foundation in 1949. To ensure stability of participation rates, regular sample recruitment is indispensable. Does the dispatch method matter for response rates of a recruiting campaign? To answer this...
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act constitutes the largest change to the US tax system since the 1980s and thoroughly alters the way in which multinational companies are taxed. Current assessments on the reform's international impact vary widely. This article sheds light on the tax reform's expected...
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Familienunternehmen zeigen bei der Planung von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen eine hohe innere Motivation. Oft ausgehend von den Gesellschaftern oder den Wünschen ihrer Kunden haben sie viele Maßnahmen schon umgesetzt, vor allem in der Energieerzeugung und in der Abfallwirtschaft. Sie sehen aber auch...
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Abbau von staatlicher Bürokratie würde die Investitionsbereitschaft von Familienunternehmen hierzulande deutlich erhöhen. Das ist eines der Ergebnisse des "Jahresmonitors der Stiftung Familienunternehmen", der Teil des umfangreichsten Datenbankprojekts zu Familienunternehmen im...
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Eine große Mehrheit der deutschen Unternehmen schätzt den internationalen Steuerwettbewerb als stark oder sehr stark ein. Zu den Auswirkungen auf ihren Betrieb befragt, geben insbesondere die großen Familienunternehmen etwa doppelt so häufig negative Folgen zu Protokoll als große...
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Expectations are highly relevant for macroeconomic dynamics. Yet, the empirical evidence about properties of corporate macroeconomic expectations is scarce. Using new survey data on quantitative growth expectations of firms in Germany, we show that expectations are highly dispersed. The degree...
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This study uses scenario calculations to estimate the economic costs of the partial closure of the economy due to the coronavirus epidemic. With a shutdown duration of two months, the costs reach between EUR 255 billion and EUR 495 billion, depending on the scenario, and reduce the annual growth...
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