In November 1991, the Commission of the European Communities commissioned the Institut für Weltwirtschaft to carry out a report on ‘Taxation in Border Regions’. This study is a revised version of the report, which was submitted in 1993. The purpose of this study is to analyse the present...

Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft hat das Institut für Weltwirtschaft beauftragt zu untersuchen, wie sich sektorspezifische, regionale und allgemeine Beihilfensysteme auf die Wettbewerbsbedingungen innerhalb der EG auswirken. Das Institut legt hiermit den Endbericht dieser Untersuchung vor....

Das Institut für Weltwirtschaft ist im Frühjahr 1989 von der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesregierung beauftragt worden, für die Denkfabrik des Ministerpräsidenten eine Studie über die Struktur und die -Entwicklungsperspektiven der Wirtschaft Schleswig-Holsteins durchzuführen. Aufgabe...

[Introduction ...] In this paper, we seek to identify innovative ways to limit inequality in households’ disposable incomes and living standards while keeping welfare systems fiscally sustainable. We focus on the welfare systems of EU countries in comparison, to better understand their key...

The ongoing process of European integration is likely to increase trade and factor mobility thereby increasing interregional competition and affecting the interregional division of labour. From a theoretical standpoint, particularly on the basis of the New Economic Geography (NEG), rising...

The process of European integration entails regional structural change thereby affecting the economic situation of regions and the objective of regional cohesion in Europe. As some kinds of specialization may be more favourable to regional income opportunities than others, there may be winning...

In 2015, the EU regional / cohesion policy has passed its 40th anniversary. During this time, it has undergone various manifestations with ever-changing objectives. It started as a mixture of structural and regional policy aimed at reducing regional economic disparities within the Union. Since...

This study investigates how the digital revolution, which is characterized by artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing and mobile robotics, will affect gender equality in G20 countries, and how governments and non-governmental initiatives may exploit the new digital technologies to...