Das starke Wachstum des deutschen Bruttoinlandsprodukts im ersten Quartal 2000, aber auch die kürzlich veröffentlichte Konjunkturprognose des ifo Instituts haben wieder gezeigt, wie groß der Einfluss einer unterschiedlichen Zahl von Arbeitstagen auf das Wirtschaftswachstum sein kann. In dem...

Sunley P., Klagge B., Berndt C. and Martin R. (2005) Venture capital programmes in the UK and Germany: in what sense regional policies?, Regional Studies 39 , 255-273. The paper considers how far and in what ways venture capital policies in the UK and Germany have been constructed as regional...

Duhr S. (2005) Spatial policies for regional sustainable development: a comparison of graphic and textual representations in regional plans in England and Germany, Regional Studies 39 , 1167-1182. Cartographic representation in strategic spatial plans can be a powerful tool for the communication...

A structural market model is estimated to analyse the impact of market power on resource allocation in the German and Hungarian pork markets. The regression analyses suggest that market power exists, although on a relatively low level. Moreover, the estimates show that processors might pursue...