The East-West gap in the German population is believed to originate from migrants escaping the socialist regime in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). We use newly collected regional data and the combination of a regression discontinuity design in space with a difference-in-differences...

The East-West gap in the German population is believed to originate from migrants escaping the socialist regime in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). We use newly collected regional data and the combination of a regression discontinuity design in space with a difference-in-differences...

Industrial policies are widespread, but evidence on their workforce effects remains limited. We present novel evidence on the impact of EU technology subsidies on employment and skill demand in Finnish SMEs, 1994-2018. The subsidies fund new machinery, including robots and CNC machines....

This paper discusses the role of so-called national champions within the context of the EU's ambitious goal to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economic region in the world by 2010. We find football to be a useful analogy in our discussion of national champions. There are...

This paper discusses the role of so-called national champions within the context of the EU's ambitious goal to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economic region in the world by 2010. We find football to be a useful analogy in our discussion of national champions. There are...

Nach der Coronapandemie wird die deutsche Wirtschaft durch den Angriff skrieg Russlands auf die Ukraine von einem weiteren exogenen Schock getroff en. Neben gestörten Lieferketten, fehlenden Rohstoff en und Fachkräften kommen nun Energieknappheit und Infl ation hinzu und belasten die deutsche...

This case provides background material about the takeover attempt of one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers, Volkswagen, by the small sports car manufacturer, Porsche. It covers the period from spring 2005 through August 2009. This drama ends in a complete reversal, the acquisition...

IG Farben was a German chemicals combine that was formed early in the 1920's and that later became infamous for its collaboration with Nazi Germany in the '30s and '40s. IG Farben produced synthetic fuel and rubber that enabled Nazi Germany to rearm at an aggressive pace and then fight the...