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DIW Economic Bulletin 9/10 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 9/10 / 2016
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 based on ...
2016| Helene Naegele, Aleksandar Zaklan
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DIW Economic Bulletin 9/10 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 8 / 2016
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 in the majority ...
2016| Heike Belitz
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DIW Economic Bulletin 8 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 8 / 2016
As far as the share of individuals with a home office is concerned, Germany is below the EU average and lags considerably behind other countries such as France, the UK, or the Scandinavian countries. Only 12 percent of all employees in Germany work primarily or occasionally from home, although this would theoretically be possible in 40 percent of jobs. In most cases, an employee’s desire to work from ...
2016| Karl Brenke
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DIW Economic Bulletin 8 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 7 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 7 / 2016
The European Central Bank has engaged in a wide range of nonstandard monetary policy measures since 2007. Each new tool was accompanied by an intense public debate on its effectiveness. This study evaluates the average effect of these measures on the macro-economy. The estimates show that unexpected changes in monetary policy that lower euro-area sovereign bond yields lead to a significant rise in ...
2016| Malte Rieth, Michele Piffer, Michael Hachula
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DIW Economic Bulletin 7 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 7 / 2016
In the debate on monetary policy decisions, to date, little attention has been paid to distributional effects. One reason for this is that they are not included in the mandate of the European Central Bank (ECB). Given the loose monetary policy stance in the euro area and the large-scale program to purchase government and corporate bonds launched in January 2015, the question increasingly being asked ...
2016| Kerstin Bernoth, Philipp König, Benjamin Beckers
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DIW Economic Bulletin 7 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 6 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 6 / 2016
Private tutoring is playing an increasingly significant role in the education of many teenagers and children: In 2013, a total of 18 percent of students at the secondary level (approximately ages 10–17) worked with paid tutors; among students at the primary level (approximately ages 6–10), this figure stood at six percent. In the period between 2009 and 2013, an average of 47 percent of 17-year-old ...
2016| Adrian Hille, C. Katharina Spieß, Mila Staneva
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DIW Economic Bulletin 6 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 4/5 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 4/5 / 2016
Compared to the rest of Europe, Germany exhibits an especially high concentration of wealth. According to estimates based on a microsimulation model, a German wealth tax could generate an estimated ten to 20 billion euros per year in revenue—even with high tax allowances—and slightly reduce the inequality of income distribution, as well. Collection costs would range from four to eight percent in relation ...
2016| Stefan Bach, Andreas Thiemann
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DIW Economic Bulletin 4/5 / 2016
2016
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DIW Economic Bulletin 4/5 / 2016
2016| Stefan Bach, Andreas Thiemann
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DIW Economic Bulletin 4/5 / 2016
2016