Companies and business associations criticize excessive bureaucracy. They see it as a considerable disadvantage for business locations and a major obstacle to investment. Almost all political parties are now campaigning to reduce bureaucracy and digitize public administration. However, the actual reform results have so far been disappointing. Why is that? Why are so few concrete measures being taken forward? How can administration really be reduced and/or accelerated?

Discussion:  Sabine Kuhlmann (University of Potsdam & Deputy Chairwoman of the National Regulatory Control Council) / Sarah Necker (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg & Director of the Ludwig Erhard ifo Institute for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics Fürth) / Moderation: Christian Leßmann (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics)

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