This paper is concerned with a policy oriented macroeconomic experiment involving an 'international' economy with a relatively small 'home' country and a large 'foreign' country. It compares the economic performance of two alternative tax systems as a means to finance unemployment benefits: a...

This paper is concerned with a policy oriented macroeconomic experiment involving an 'international' economy with a relatively small 'home' country and a large 'foreign' country. It compares the economic performance of two alternative tax systems as a means to finance unemployment benefits: a...

Für von der deutschen Umsatzsteuer befreite Finanzdienstleistungen ist der Vorsteuerabzug grundsätzlich ausgeschlossen. Da die meisten Finanzdienstleistungsunternehmen auch zum Vorsteuerabzug berechtigte Umsätze tätigen, sind die Eingangsumsätze dieser Unternehmen in einem zum...

The financial services industry is „special“ in a variety of ways, including the fiduciary nature of the business, its role at the center of the payments and capital allocation process with all its static and dynamic implications for economic performance, and the systemic nature of problems...

Zur Erstellung maßgeschneiderter Dienstleistungen ist die Mitwirkung des Kunden (Kundenintegration) unerlässlich. Dem Management von Kundenintegration auf Anbieterseite wird jedoch in der Praxis zu wenig Bedeutung beigemessen. Sie hat aber fundmentalen Einfluss auf die Effizienz und...

This paper explores the sources of agglomeration externalities in enhancing firm performance, in particular, the pecuniary externality that supports firms' bottom line. The fundamental argument on increasing returns leads to the premise that cluster size has beneficial influence to firm...