Many governments offer significant inducements to attract inward investment, motivated by the expectation of spillover benefits. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is generally perceived as the best channel for technology transfer, not only across national boundaries but also between firms - in...

Many governments offer significant inducements to attract inward investment, motivated by the expectation of spillover benefits. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is generally perceived as the best channel for technology transfer, not only across national boundaries but also between firms – in...

Der deutsche Beitrag zur Forschungsstudie 2004 des Europäischen Migrationsnetzwerks gibt einen Überblick über den derzeitigen Stand der Migrationsforschung und zeigt sowohl wichtige Ergebnisse als auch Forschungslücken auf. Die Studie nimmt einen Abriss über die Entwicklung der Zuwanderung...

Human development is about expanding the choices human beings have to lead lives that they value and is captured by its capability sets which consist of various functioning vectors. The standard of living is then reflected in capability sets. This paper proposes some particular ways of measuring...

This paper provides a political-economy explanation of the degree of centralization in economic policy making. To determine which policies are to be centralized, regions select representatives who then negotiate the degree of centralization and the regional cost shares of centrally decided...

Innerhalb weniger Jahrzehnte hat sich der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt vom Vorbild zum Negativbeispiel verändert. Die Erklärung wird hier im Zusammenwirken von Schocks und Institutionen gesucht. Zwar fördern Regelungen wie der Beschäftigungsschutz die Unter-nehmens-interne Anpassung; die...