Zur Verhinderung der Irreführung von Verbrauchern und zur Harmonisierung des europäischen Rechts wurde im Dezember 2006 die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1924/2006 zur Regelung nährwert- und gesundheitsbezogener Angaben (NGAs) über Lebensmittel erlassen. Vor diesem Hintergrund erfolgt im vorliegenden...

The importance of IPR regimes for large firm innovation is well documented but less is known about their impact on typically less innovative self-employed entrepreneurship. The paper sets out to estimate the net effect of the various elements that comprise an IPR regime including the political...

The paper explores what macroeconomic factors can tell us about the effectiveness of recently enacted national competition laws. Qualitative evidence suggests that numerous countries fall short in implementing competition law. Furthermore, there seems to be significant differences between...