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Enabling better policy making

 

The FiFo Institute for Public Economics at the University of Cologne unites top quality economic research with a straightforward "hands on"-approach to policy consulting. Our mission is to enable better policy making. Primarily, we engage in all fields related to public finance, to urban economics and local finance, to environmental economics, and to questions of demographic change. We pursue these aims: By listening first. By providing the best information attainable. By answering the relevant research questions. By offering top-quality policy advice. 

Publications

Alongside political consulting the FiFo Institute actively engages in the academic discourse.

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Staff

The staff members of the FiFo Institute introduce themselves.

News

Subsidies for maritime shipping without end. A few more German-flagged ships are payed for dearly with high and permanent subsidies, states Michael Thöne in the Heute Journal-news.

NRW-Solidaritätsumlage verfassungskonform. Der nordrhein-westfälische Verfassungsgerichtshof weist die Beschwerde einnahmenstarker Städte und Gemeinden zurück. Unter anderem auf der Grundlage aktueller FiFo-Forschung macht das Gericht deutlich, dass das Instrument gewiss nicht makellos ist – aber deswegen noch lange nicht verfassungswidrig.

Before the election, think about post-election. In 2017, a new federal Government should be capable to reform taxation significantly. For that, it needs off-setting cuts in subsidies. A new FiFo-Memorandum finds 11 billion Euros alone in tax expenditures.