Vorliegendes Arbeitspapier untersucht die Eignung eines hedonisti-schen Modells zur Bewertung des Nutzens bei Organisationsprojekten.

This paper estimates and compares the benefits cinema technology generated to society in Britain, France and the US between 1900 and 1938. It is shown how cinema industrialised live entertainment, by standardisation, automation and making it tradable. The economic impact is measured in three...

This paper analyzes the eects of the New Source Review (NSR) environmental regula-tions on coal-red electric power plants. Regulations that grew out of the Clean Air Actof 1970 required new electric generating plants to install costly pollution control equipmentbut exempted existing plants....

Showcasing data from all areas of the ILC program and other sources, Charting International Labor Comparisons is a gateway to explore how key labor market and other national economic measurements compare across countries. There are links to previous editions of the Chartbook of International...

Immer wieder wird in der wirtschaftspolitischen Debatte behauptet, dass überhöhte Arbeitskosten die entscheidendeWurzel der hohen Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland seien. Eine neuere Untersuchung des Institutsder deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) scheint dessen frühere Ergebnisse zu bestätigen, wonach...

Improving the UK’s competitive position has become a matter ofnational importance. The DTI Review of UK Manufacturing Policy,published in July 2004, stressed the need for the UK to become ahigh value economy1. Previous studies including the Porter Reportand the DTI Innovation Report2 3 also...