The Obama administration has repeatedly identified the large-scale build-out of clean, renewable energy infrastructure as a key priority of the United States. The President's calls for a cleaner energy economy are often accompanied by references to other industrialized countries such as Germany,...

Trotz des Auslaufens der degressiven Abschreibung bei mobilen Anlagegütern zum Jahresende 2007 zeigen die Ergebnisse der jährlichen Investitionssonderfrage des ifo Instituts auch 2008 kein Ende der Investitionsdynamik im Einzelhandel. Die bereits in zurückliegenden Umfragen zu beobachtende...

The study analyses the price formation and market functionality of the Finnish food chain. A significant portion of the report consists of international comparisons. The main comparison countries are the so-called old EU countries (EU15) of Western Europe, the new EU countries (EU12) and the...

The Internet has become an integral part of the everyday life of households, firms and governments. Its proper functioning over the long run is therefore crucial for economic growth and people’s wellbeing more generally. The success of the Internet depends on its openness and the confidence of...

This paper examines the relation between prices in conventional stores and on the Internet. Main results from the theoretical analysis are i) we expect a discrete fall in prices in conventional stores as the share of the population with access to Internet reaches a critical level, ii) the...

This article describes the findings of a study aimed at providing a replication and extension in China of studies focused on incentive compensation practices of automobile retailers in the United States (Gibbs et al., 2004, 2009) and the Netherlands (Jansen et al., 2009). Rich, detailed data...

As of December 31, 2019, Apple was the second largest corporation in the world in terms of market capitalization. This paper ranks Apple, comparing Apple's revenue to the GDP of the world's 185 largest nations