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About CRC TR 224 EPoS

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A cooperation of Bonn and Mannheim

The Collaborative Research Center Transregio 224 (CRC TR 224) – Economic Perspectives on Societal Challenges: Equality of Opportunity, Market Regulation, and Financial Stability – is a cooperation of the University of Bonn and the University of Mannheim funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).

The CRC TR 224 addresses three key societal challenges: how to promote equality of opportunity; how to regulate markets in light of the internationalization of economic activity; and how to safeguard the stability of the financial system. The distinguishing feature of the CRC is that it views these challenges as inherently interconnected; its goal is to analyze and provide policy proposals to address them.

In 2025 the DFG granted four more years of funding, covering the period 2026–2029.

Work Streams

The project is organised in three work streams. Each addresses one societal challenge, and the CRC treats them as inherently interconnected.

  1. Stream A

    Policies promoting equal opportunities

    Informal and formal institutions – such as the family and the school – interact in a complex process that depends on initial conditions, investments and shocks. The goal is to better understand this process and to contribute to the formulation of effective, evidence-based family and education policies.

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  2. Stream B

    Product market regulation

    This stream addresses problems of market design and regulation. The internationalization and digitalization of markets pose new challenges, especially in view of policy objectives such as consumer protection or the mitigation of environmental damage.

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  3. Stream C

    Financial market policies

    This stream studies financial markets from a variety of angles: households, firms, banks, central banks, and the government in its functions as debtor and regulator. The overarching question is about setting the rules of the game.

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