heating demand in Germany. These systems are subsidised with grants under the so-called market incentive program. The … political goal is to encourage the adoption of renewable energy and to reduce CO2-emissions in the heating market in view of a … business models to increase the geographic and social diversification of solar thermal adoption. …

business investment. To promote economic convergence of Eastern and Western Germany after reunification, bonus depreciation tax …In this paper, we use an exogenous variation in tax regulations to analyze the impact of bonus depreciation programs on … incentives were granted for investments in Eastern Germany before 1999. Using business establishments in Western Germany as …

We analyse how tax incentives in the form of accelerated depreciations ("bonus depreciation") affect business … investment. By exploiting exogenous variation in tax regulation of a regional bonus depreciation program in the former East … Germany, we identify and quantify the impact from bonus depreciation on building and equipment investments at the extensive …