Im vorliegenden Gutachten werden auf Grundlage der Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zum Sportwettenmarkt vom 28. März 2006 vier Szenarien erstellt, in denen beschrieben wird, wie sich der deutsche Sportwettmarkt bis zum Jahr 2010 unter unterschiedlichen gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen...

Florian Dorn prepared this study during his doctoral studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU). The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics. This dissertation contributes to the empirics of public economics and...

Stefanie Gäbler prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy. The study was completed in March 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of six distinct empirical essays...

Da der Tourismus im Allgemeinen zeitverzögert reagiert, zeigt sich die Verschlechterung der wirtschaftlichen Situation in Europa noch nicht deutlich in den internationalen Tourismusdaten des Jahres 2012. Die derzeitige Lage im österreichischen Tourismus lässt sich so beschreiben, dass sich...

Auf Basis detaillierter Informationen zu den Spielen der 1. deutschen Fußball-Bundesliga aus sechs Spielzeiten, darunter die Spielzeiten 2011/2012 und 2012/2013 sowie jeweils zwei Spielzeiten unmittelbar vor und nach der Einführung der Drei-Punkteregel in der Saison 1995/1996, zeigt dieser...

This volume was prepared by Thomas Steinwachs while he was working at the ifo Center for International Economics. It was completed in September 2018 and accepted as a doctoral dissertation by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU). It is a collection of four self-contained...

Although a certain amount of catching-up in the Western Balkans has been recorded in the construction of transport infrastructure in recent years, the railway density remains low and the motorway density is even lower. Also, the deficiency in energy infrastructure is substantial. The current...

The aim of this study is to analyse the state of the competitiveness of seven Western Balkan economies and to suggest policy recommendations in order to increase their capacity to compete. Most countries from the Western Balkans have a persistent current account deficit of about 10% of GDP which...

The report analyses the fiscal and macroeconomic environment in the lagging regions and the relevant Member States of the EU, as a sound and sustainable macroeconomic framework is a necessary, but by itself not a sufficient precondition for investment and growth in the regions. It starts with...