In Germany, R&D subsidies are an important tool to support innovation in the private sector. This paper studies the welfare effects of R&D subsidies distributed through the German federal government’s thematic R&D programs between 1994 and 2011. The analysis is based on a structural model of...

Once called the "dismal science," economics now offers prescriptions for improving people's happiness. In this book Richard Easterlin, the "father of happiness economics," draws on a half-century of his own research and that conducted by fellow economists and psychologists to answer in plain...

In a series of conversational essays, this textbook discusses the manner in which economic thought addresses a broad array of everyday issues beyond classical textbook treatments. In the spirit of popular economics books, the author uncovers economic issues and solutions from individuals,...

Die 1., hier nicht angezeigte Auflage dieses Universitätslehrbuchs erschien 2006 noch unter dem Titel "Wirtschaftspolitik für Politologen". Die deutlich aktualisierte Neuauflage gehört nun als Teilband zu einem 7-bändigen "Grundkurs Politikwissenschaft" des Verlages. Die didaktische...