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Scaling up of SMEs

The project seeks to identify the share of productive and fast-growing firms in the economy, their characteristics such as sector, location (urban/rural, low-density, high-density, etc.), size and age since formation, and their growth performance. Furthermore, it will be analyzed - as far as the data situation allows - which factors contribute to the success.

Unternehmensentwicklung im Zeitablauf und seine Determinanten

Das Projekt zielt darauf ab, den Anteil von produktiven und schnell wachsenden Unternehmen an der Wirtschaft, ihre Merkmale wie Sektor, Standort (Stadt/Land, schwach verdichtet, verdichtet, stark verdichtet etc.), Größe und Alter seit der Gründung sowie ihre Wachstumsentwicklung zu ermitteln. Ferner soll untersucht werden - soweit es die Datenlage zulässt - welche Einflussgröße zum Erfolg beitragen.

Study on the impact of State aid rules for banks in difficulty

The study will provide a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the impact of the State aid rules for banks, which will serve as evidence for the evaluation of the State aid rules applicable to banks in difficulty since their entry into force in end-2008.

Study on the impact of State aid rules for banks in difficulty

The study will provide a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the impact of the State aid rules for banks, which will serve as evidence for the evaluation of the State aid rules applicable to banks in difficulty since their entry into force in end-2008.

Collection of key qualitative and quantitative information on the European Commission's merger decisions

The main purpose of the project is to put together a comprehensive database including qualitative and quantitative information from past merger cases, which would enable DG Competition to produce statistical reports which could serve as an input to DG Competition's decision making practice in relation to EU merger control, both for operational and for policy purposes.

Wohnungsbauziel der Bundesregierung in weiter Ferne

Das Statistische Bundesamt hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass im vergangenen Jahr in Deutschland rund 0,6 Prozent mehr Wohnungen fertiggestellt wurden als 2021. Die Entwicklung kommentiert Konstantin Kholodilin, Immobilienökonom im Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), wie folgt:

Mehrheit beführwortet bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen, finanziert durch Einkommens- und Vermögenssteuer

Increasing disability benefits: selection and labor market effects.

We study the incentive and labor market effects of disability benefit programs using unique policy variation in Germany. In 2014, disability benefits of new recipients were increased considerably while eligibility criteria were not changed. We exploit this quasi-experimental policy variation to test the implications at two different margins. First, we analyze to what extent an increase in the...

Forward to the Past: Short-Term Effects of the Rent Freeze in Berlin

In 2020, Berlin introduced a rigorous rent-control policy responding to soaring prices by capping rents: the Mietendeckel (rent freeze). The German Constitutional Court revoked the policy only one year later. Although successful in lowering rents during its duration, the consequences for Berlin’s rental market and close-by markets are per se not clear. This article evaluates the short-term causal supply-side ...

No Evidence for Transactional Effects between Religiosity and Self-Esteem in a Secular Country

This research tests the unique predictions of three different theoretical perspectives on the self-esteem benefits of religiosity: the religiosity-as-a-personal-relationship-with-a-higher-power perspective, the religiosity-as-a-resource perspective, and the religiosity-as-social-value perspective. To do so, we used random-intercept cross-lagged panel models and examined the between- and within-person ...