When in distress, a firm may need restructuring or liquidation; in either case, legal uncertainty compounds the difficulty. Sound and efficient insolvency regimes are important as these not just positively affect investment, innovation, and economic growth, but also the supply and cost of credit. The design of appropriate insolvency frameworks in Europe is, however, still controversial. The debate ...
The RDC-BO at DIW Berlin is an archive for business and organizational data. It archives data and offers data sets for secondary analysis. Also the RDC-BO ensures a long-term archiving und sustainable usability of the data. Depending on privacy requirements of the data the data access is possible via download, scientific-use file, remote data processing or onsite use. Furthermore, the RDC offers ...
The efficiency of the German economy is powered by its knowledge-intensive industrial and services sectors. Yet the use of knowledge capital to drive innovation and productivity in Germany is rather low compared to other European countries and the United States. Germany is clearly lagging behind, especially in the services sector. The same applies to the industrial sector, where German businesses are ...
The Kick-Off is the opening ceremony for the Berlin School of Economics, with a keynote speech by Nobel Laureate Jean Tirole. From this date onwards, the BSE will unite Berlin‘s career development programs in the economic sciences at the PhD and Postdoc level in a single and unique structure.
German voters in the 2019 European election showed remarkable regional differences in their voting behavior. The Green Party surged in West German districts, while the AfD further consolidated its successes in East Germany. Investigating structural differences at the district level reveals that the Green party is particularly popular in economically strong, demographically young, and dynamic districts ...
