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Christian Rusche ·
External Publication ·
24 September 2020

Differentiated Treatment of Business Users by Online Platforms

Online platforms have gained importance in the past couple of years. They are present all over the world and in many sectors of the economy. Their main purpose is to facilitate transactions between various user groups. Hence, online platforms can be defined as online spaces in which users are brought together by a platform operator, in order to facilitate an interaction (the exchange of information, a commercial transaction, etc.).

Klaus-Heiner Röhl / Barbara Engels ·
IW-Policy Paper Nr. 19 ·
22 September 2020

Cooperation of Start-ups and SMEs in Germany

The cooperation between established SMEs and innovative start-ups offers considerable opportuni-ties for the respective companies and the German economy. New business models can be adopted, and innovative products can be jointly developed.

An analysis of vocational training in thirteen focus countries

Annette Baczak / Nora Rohr / Olesia Schmetzer / Kristina Stoewe / Dirk Werner / Daniel Wörndl / Luena Zifle ·
IW-Report Nr. 48 ·
15 September 2020

Potential for professional recognition in the immigration of skilled workers

Germany as a business location relies on international qualified professionals in the long term. Since March 2020, the Skilled Immigration Act has also made it possible for professionally qualified people from third countries to immigrate to Germany for the purpose of work. A requirement for this is that the foreign vocational qualification has been recognized in Germany.

Armin Mertens / Ruth Maria Schüler ·
IW-Report Nr. 47 ·
14 September 2020

Online petitions as an indicator of current polarization tendencies

The COVID-19 measures of the federal and state governments have at times massively affected public life in Germany. The ban on contact has temporarily restricted the freedom to pursue a profession, the freedom of trade, compulsory education and religious freedom.

Markus Demary / Michael Voigtländer ·
IW-Policy Paper Nr. 18 ·
14 September 2020

The Impact of Basel IV on Real Estate Financing

The new bank regulations generally summarised as Basel IV include the introduction of an output floor. This means that banks are allowed less deviation from standard approaches when using internal models.

IW-Forschungsgruppe Gesamtwirtschaftliche Analysen und Konjunktur / Hubertus Bardt / Markus Demary / Michael Grömling / Tobias Hentze / Michael Hüther / Galina Kolev / Holger Schäfer ·
IW-Report Nr. 46 ·
14 September 2020

IW-Konjunkturprognose: The long road to recovery

In the second quarter of 2020 the corona pandemic adversely affected global economic activity to an extent unparalleled in the last seven decades. This was the result of health policy measures and the virus’s widely varying impact on both the supply and demand sides of the economies it has affected around the world.

Jürgen Matthes ·
IW-Analyse Nr. 138 ·
10 September 2020

European trade policy and China: Steps towards a new balance and fair competition

For the European Union, China is both an important trading partner and, with its very different political system and industrial policy, a new competitor. From a European perspective, the main cause for concern is how China’s state capitalism has created distortions in economic competition which are increasingly affecting world markets.

Henry Goecke / Michael Grömling / Jan Marten Wendt ·
IW-Trends Nr. 3 ·
9 September 2020

Road Haulage Data in Business Cycle Analysis: An Application for the Bavarian

Economy Gross domestic product (GDP) figures for Germany’s 16 federal states are currently only published twice a year, with no quarterly figures available. This makes it impossible to pinpoint the exact timing of turning points in the economies of individual states.

Hubertus Bardt / Karl Lichtblau ·
IW-Analyse Nr. 139 ·
8 September 2020

Industrial policy in Germany

Although manufacturing industry forms the principal economic basis for the country’s prosperity and employment, industrial policy does not have a good reputation in Germany. This is because the term is usually used to mean selective state intervention in individual markets and sectors, or on behalf of individual companies, rather than the creation of a general regulatory framework in which industry can flourish.

Thomas Puls / Manuel Fritsch ·
IW-Report Nr. 43 ·
7 September 2020

The importance of the automotive industry for Germany

The German automotive industry can now look back on a golden decade. Between 2008 and 2018 its businesses reached numerous record peaks in sales. The main driver was the strong market growth in China.