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The federal government wants to ease the burden on the German economy with numerous new laws. According to the latest results of the German Business Panel (GBP), however, companies in Germany are cautious about the effects of the Fourth Bureaucracy Reduction Act (Viertes Bürokratieentlastungsgesetz ...

In the latest installment of the series “Taking the Pulse of the Country,” Mannheim professors Dr. Marc Helbling and Dr. Richard Traunmüller investigate the connections between longstanding anti-Semitic sentiments, anti-Zionist beliefs, and pro-Palestinian attitudes across various age groups, ...

Obesity can have serious social, socio-economic and health consequences. A new study shows that the problems are less serious for people who live in areas where obesity is common.

In the digital age, there are clear individual differences in online news consumption, particularly with regard to political content. A new study by the GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in collaboration with the University of Mannheim has shown that political news is consumed less ...

Artificial intelligence is changing medicine. However, progress in biomedical AI research is unevenly distributed across the globe, a new study shows. This might hinder equitable access to health care in some regions of the world.

“MetaFin” is the title of the new five-year collaborative project of the Mannheim Insti-tute for Financial Education (University of Mannheim and Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research) and the Institute for Economic Education (University of Oldenburg) which aims to make lasting changes in the ...

In their first policy brief “Taking the Pulse of the Country,” University of Mannheim professors Dr. Oliver Spalt and Dr. Richard Traunmüller set out to examine the level of approval and respect people in Germany experience from politicians, within society, and at work. The political realm reveals ...

For companies, proven criteria such as price, the reliability of payment terms or the length of the business relationship continue to play the most important role when selecting their customers and suppliers. Sustainability aspects are clearly subordinate – despite the new Supply Chain Act. This is ...

Kretschmer receives the award for his dissertation on the friendships of Muslim youth in Germany.

In a new study, the EPoS Economic Research Center at the Universities of Mannheim and Bonn, led by Professor Camille Urvoy, Ph.D., analyzed French TV channels with regard to the political preferences of their owners. Channels of the Canal Plus Group, which was recently bought by billionaire Vincent ...