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Press Release
DIW Berlin study reveals decline in foreign-owned companies’ R&D spending, but increase in overall R&D expenditure due to domestic companies’ considerable investment – foreign-owned companies are investing more strongly in leading-edge technologies, and midsize foreign-owned companies recently raised their R&D expenditure
Private companies’ overall R&D ...
09.06.2016
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Interview
Mr. Eickelpasch, you’ve studied the participation of foreign companies in research and development (R&D) in Germany. How has this developed in recent years?
R&D expenditure decreased by ten percent in 2013 compared to 2011, bringing it down to 11.9 billion euros. We see a similar picture for the development of R&D personnel, in other words, employees tasked with research and development. ...
08.06.2016
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Press Release
DIW Berlin conducted two studies on developments in energy supply – private utilities no more efficient than public utilities – consolidation in drinking water sector offers little benefit
More and more cities and municipalities in Germany are once again taking the electricity, gas, and heating utilities into their own hands: between 2003 and 2012, the number of public utilities increased ...
20.05.2016
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Interview
Ms. Cullmann, in recent years many communities have been reacquiring previously privatized shares in energy companies. Does this point to a trend toward remunicipalization?
We have created a new microdata set of German energy companies in order to analyze this question for the first time in Germany. Our empirical analysis shows that both the number as well as the turnover of public companies in the ...
20.05.2016
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Press Release
Current corporate investment levels hardly surpass pre-crisis levels – Experts Commission’s recommendations for strengthening investment still relevant – additional tax incentives should be considered
Businesses in Germany are still investing too little in their manufacturing facilities. As a new study conducted by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) reveals, ...
22.04.2016
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Report
Energy sectors—primarily power generation and gas production, but also energy transmission and distribution—require significant capital investment in infrastructure. Market structures as well as the degree of competition and regulation are key factors that determine firms’ incentive to invest. Yet the empirical research on the link between these factors and private investment is still ...
15.04.2016
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Report
The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is the cornerstone of the European Union’s climate policy and covers just under half of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. More than ten years since the EU ETS was first introduced, there continues to be substantial research interest regarding its functioning and the behavior of participating companies. DIW Berlin conducted three econometric studies ...
10.03.2016
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Report
The majority of OECD member states promote companies’ research and development (R&D) activities by providing project funding. Recently, in many countries, tax incentives have also begun to play an increasingly important role. The present study examines the level of R&D support in 18 OECD countries and explores how efficient the system of funding actually is. The main findings show that ...
29.02.2016
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Press Release
Persistent lack of investment among municipalities – social expenditures diminishing financial leeway – structurally weak regions threatening to fall further behind – DIW experts recommend temporarily making use of solidarity contributions to relieve municipalities of social expenditures
Investment in public infrastructure is critical for ensuring competitiveness and creating growth ...
22.10.2015
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Press Release
Unlike the investment of core municipal budgets, public companies’ investment in energy and water supply is not decreasing – DIW experts find no connection among regional financial power, shifting demographics, and investment Countless municipalities in Germany are investing too little, which is primarily having a negative impact on infrastructure. However, for the municipal energy and ...
22.10.2015
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Press Release
Very few research-intensive sectors and larger enterprises—research concentrated in public-sector and publicly funded research institutes and universitiesOver the past two decades, research and development (R&D) activities in eastern Germany have increased substantially, albeit to a lesser extent than in western Germany. Furthermore, R&D in eastern Germany was primarily conducted by public-sector ...
07.10.2015
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Interview
Mr. Eickelpasch, after reunification, we saw a substantial increase in research and development, or R&D, activities in eastern Germany. How big is the gap between the east and the west of the country today?
If we look at the number of R&D employees as a share of the total workforce in Germany, or what is known as R&D labor intensity, and R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP, it becomes ...
07.10.2015
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Press Release
Germany's R&D intensity above average in international comparison – automotive industry, in particular the motor vehicle industry, accounts for 85 percent of research expenditure – public research growing in importance
A country’s investment in research and development (R&D) is a key driver of its economic growth. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the German ...
26.08.2015
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Interview
Dr. Belitz, how has investment in research and development, or R&D, in Germany developed in recent years?
We analyzed investment in research and development over the past few decades and observed particularly strong growth after 2007. In fact, Germany has now almost met its target of investing three percent of its GDP in R&D. Also in comparison with other countries, this is a relatively rapid ...
26.08.2015
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Press Release
Manufacturing companies increased their expenditures by more than a fifth between 2010 and 2013 – research-intensive and large companies primarily responsible for the increase – development more dynamic in Germany than in other European countries
In 2013, industrial companies in Germany spent a total of 57.2 billion EUR on research and development (R&D). This corresponds to an increase ...
29.07.2015
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Personnel news
Tomaso Duso (DIW Berlin and DICE), Annika Herr (DICE), and Moritz Suppliet (DICE) were awarded the 2015 Research Award of the German Association for Health Economics (dggö) for the best publication in health economic during 2014 for their paper "The Welfare Impact of Parallel Imports: A Structural Approach applied to the German Market for Oral Antidiabetics" published in Health Economics. The ...
24.03.2015
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Personnel news
Alexander Eickelpasch, Research Associate of the Firms and Markets department, has become a member of the scientific advisory board for the research program "Interdisziplinärer Kompetenzaufbau" (interdisciplinary developing of competences) this year. The program is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for five years and enables young scientists to add new aspects to the ...
12.03.2015
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Report
Since early 2009, electricity and gas distribution in Germany has been subject to incentive regulation designed to ensure greater efficiency in electricity and gas grid operation. However, it remains to be seen how changes to the regulatory framework will affect the investment behavior of distribution system operators. Against this background, the present study empirically analyzes the investment activities ...
04.02.2015
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Interview
The Interview with Prof. Dr. Christian von Hirschhausen is published in DIW Economic Bulletin 6/2015. It is available for Download as pdf document.
More issues of DIW Economic Bulletin
04.02.2015
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Economic Bulletin
The construction industry remains a key pillar of the German economy. According to the latest construction volume calculations by DIW Berlin, the value of construction in 2014 and 2015 is forecast to grow far more rapidly than the economy as a whole: by a price-adjusted 3.3 percent and 2.1 percent in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Currently, new residential construction is an important engine for growth ...
14.01.2015| Martin Gornig, Claus Michelsen