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December 2003, Volume 56, Issue 23
- 03-09 Die Pensionslasten - Eine Bedrohung der zukünftigen Handlungsfähigkeit der Länder
by Thomas Fester & Marcel Thum - 10-22 Die Investitionsschwäche und der Gesetzgeber bremsen das Leasing
by Arno Städtler - 23-29 Investitionen der allgemeinen Elektrizitätswirtschaft weiter rückläufig
by Hans-Dieter Karl - 30-34 DV-Dienstleister: Trendwende ist geschafft
by Joachim Gürtler - 35-44 USA - Expansive Geld- und Finanzpolitik ebnet den Weg für kräftigen Aufschwung
by Martin Meurers
November 2003, Volume 56, Issue 22
- 3-4 Postscript: More competition in the energy market from the creation of a regulatory authority?
by Eberhard Meller - 5-9 Company-level alliances for jobs - normality on a more unsteady legal foundation?
by Norbert Berthold & Marita Brischke & Oliver Stettes - 10-17 EU Eastern enlargement and regional competitiveness
by Björn Alecke & Gerhard Untiedt - 18-25 World economy climate clearly improved
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf - 26-27 Ifo Business Survey in November 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
November 2003, Volume 56, Issue 21
- 3-8 Considerations on how to finance the planned tax cuts
by Albert J. Rädler - 9-16 Regulation models for the public water supply and their competitive effects
by Johann Wackerbauer - 31-37 Ifo Agricultural Report: Pig farming
by Manfred Schöpe - 38-41 Leasing: Recovery of the business climate but still no revival of investment activity
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 42-51 Japan - Upswing on fragile basis
by Martin Meurers - 52-54 Dependence on wage substitute benefits
by Wolfgang Ochel - 55-56 Ifo Business Survey for October 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
October 2003, Volume 56, Issue 20
- 1-42 Lebenslanges Lernen
by Wolfgang Ochel - 3-41 Die Lage der Weltwirtschaft und der deutschen Wirtschaft im Herbst 2003
by Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Forschungsinstitute
October 2003, Volume 56, Issue 19
- 3-13 More competition on the energy market by the creation of a regulating agency?
by Jan Busche & Alfred Richmann & Wolf Pluge & Hans-Jürgen Ebeling - 14-18 Consumer policies from the viewpoint of economics
by Hans-Werner Sinn - 19-22 Ten years Ifo Dresden branch
by Wolfgang Gerstenberger - 23-33 EU eastern enlargement: Does the increasing heterogeneity of EU member states require more flexible EU institutions?
by Joachim Ahrens & Martin Meurers - 34-44 Sterilised foreign exchange market interventions - a controversial monetary instrument
by Timo Wollmershäuser - 45-50 Electrical industry: The turnaround is in sight
by Manfred Berger - 51-54 Bank lending policies
by Christian Hott & André Kunkel - 55-62 Business decisions in the clothing industry - locational factors in the German clothing industry
by Ulrich Adler
September 2003, Volume 56, Issue 18
- 3-10 Do we already have a service economy?
by Martin Baethge & Dieter Spath & Marc Opitz - 11-18 Thoughts on a long-term reform of pension insurance for civil servants
by Eckart Bomsdorf - 19-24 An intense look at the economy: Ifo Industry Colloquium
by Reinhard Hild & Volker Rußig & Uwe Christian Täger - 25-30 Hotels and restaurants: Has the downturn finally been stopped? Industry spotlight
by Matthias Balz - 31-35 EDP service providers: a silver stripe on the horizon
by Joachim Gürtler - 36-37 Ifo Business Survey for September 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
September 2003, Volume 56, Issue 17
- 3-6 Flat-rate premiums the best way to implement a citizens' insurance
by Gert G. Wagner - 7-14 How good are professional exchange rate forecasts?
by Peter Bofinger & Robert Schmidt - 15-21 Construction industry in Europe: Increasing production only in the medium term
by Volker Rußig - 22-24 Waste disposal between Green Point system and deposits on cans
by Johann Wackerbauer
August 2003, Volume 56, Issue 16
- 3-13 New Deutsche Bahn rate system : Reasonable price setting in public transport?
by Andreas Brenck & Arnold Berndt & Karl-Peter Naumann - 14-19 The development of the unemployment rate: A long-term comparison between Germany and the United States
by Gebhard Flaig - 20-25 World economic climate improves
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf - 26-35 France: Slow recovery of economic activity and a rapidly increasing deficit
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 36-39 Decentralisation of governmental activities - an international comparison
by Rigmar Osterkamp & Markus Eller - 40-41 Ifo Business Survey for August 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
August 2003, Volume 56, Issue 15
- 1-37 Working times in Europe
by Wolfgang Ochel - 3-6 Looking Beyond the Next Round of Wage Negotiations - The Concealed Wage Increases
by Manfred C. Hettlage - 7-14 Decentralised wage formation and autonomy in collective bargaining
by Wernhard Möschel - 15-21 Housing completions in Europe to 2005: downward trend continues
by Volker Rußig - 22-24 Slight sales growth in wholesaling – investment spending continues to decline
by Arno Städtler - 25-27 Leasing: No unambiguous business climate trend as the investment engine continues to stutter
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 28-36 Great Britain: From Keynes to Thatcher and back?
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 38-39 Ifo Architect Survey: order backlogs continue to shrink
by Erich Gluch - 40-41 Ifo Business Survey for July 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
July 2003, Volume 56, Issue 14
- 1-45 Young mothers
by Wolfgang Ochel - 3-7 How should the early implementation of the third phase of the tax reform be financed?
by Wolfgang Wiegard & Winfried Fuest - 8-13 Generational equity in health service
by Robert Fenge - 14-24 Leipzig Trade Fair: Exhibitions and conventions provide 4,800 jobs
by Horst Penzkofer - 25-28 Retailing: Initial signs of recovery but still declining investment
by Arno Städtler - 29-34 Western German manufacturing: Following noticeable decline an increase of 2% is planned for 2003
by Annette Weichselberger - 35-44 Italy: Economic reforms slowly introduced
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
July 2003, Volume 56, Issue 13
- 3-6 Is the reform of the German Crafts Code a good thing?
by Barbara Henman - 13-38 Ifo Economic Forecast 2003/2004: Recovery not until next year
by Wolfgang Nierhaus & Elke Hahn & Oscar-Erich Kuntze & Erich Langmantel & Wolfgang Meister & Martin Meurers - 39-47 Belgium: Pragmatically overcoming the recession
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 48-49 Disablement: Beneficiaries
by Wolfgang Ochel
June 2003, Volume 56, Issue 12
- 3-9 How to eliminate subsidies and consolidate public budgets
by Gisela Färber & Klaus-Dieter Diller - 10-13 Medium-term outlook for non-residential construction in Germany
by Erich Langmantel - 14-18 EDP service providers: Hard times
by Joachim Gürtler - 19-32 World economy climate more favourable after the war in Iraq
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf - 33-41 Spain: Economy no longer running smoothly but better than the western European average
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 42-43 Ifo Business Survey for June 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
June 2003, Volume 56, Issue 11
- 3-9 Deflation danger in Germany and the monetary policy of the ECB
by Georg Erber - 10-21 Structural change in retailing and wholesaling intensifies
by Uwe Christian Täger - 22-29 The federal states face financial collapse: Where danger exists the solutions also emerge
by Norbert Berthold & Stefan Drews - 30-33 The informative value of the results of the Ifo Business Survey at the regional level
by Georg Goldrian - 34-42 Netherlands: escaping stagnation with a new "polder model"?
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 43-44 Ifo Business Survey for May 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
May 2003, Volume 56, Issue 10
- 3-10 The propositions of the commission for the financing of statuary health insurance: people's insurance or per capita premiums?
by Mathias Kifmann & Achim Wambach & Berthold U. Wigger - 11-14 Reform of the German health care service: people's insurance or per capita premiums?
by Rigmar Osterkamp - 15-24 New trends in European and international tax law
by Albert J. Rädler - 25-33 Greece: Olympic Games 2004 and EU transfers now stimulate economic activity - but then what?
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
May 2003, Volume 56, Issue 09
- 3-22 Local business taxes: replace or reform?
by Martin Junkernheinrich & Klaus Bräunig & Lorenz Jarass & Albert J. Rädler & Alfons Kühn - 23-27 Tendencies in the German industry - the effects of changed financing conditions and new I&C technology
by Hans-Günther Vieweg - 28-33 Investment in manufacturing in the new Länder: decline in 2002 but strong increase planned for 2003
by Peter Jäckel - 34-36 Budding optimism in the leasing industry - are investors coming out of their reserve?
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 37-45 Finland: Phoenix from the ashes - economy now burning on a lower flame
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 46-47 Ifo Business Survey for April 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
April 2003, Volume 56, Issue 08
- 3-13 Do we need measures to boost municipal economies?
by Helmut Seitz & Gunnar Schwarting & Horst Zimmermann & Birgit Frischmuth - 14-21 Reform des Länderfinanzausgleichs und Kommunalfinanzen
by Hans Fehr & Michael Tröger - 22-30 Emissions trading of greenhouse gases in the European Union
by Johann Wackerbauer - 31-33 Short-term industry forecasting on basis of results of the Ifo Business Survey
by Georg Goldrian - 34-43 Austria: Economic activity and structural reforms slowly take hold
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 44-47 Good industrial relations in Germany
by Wolfgang Ochel & Markus Selwitschka - 48-49 Ifo Architect survey: Business expectations no longer quite so sceptical
by Erich Gluch
April 2003, Volume 56, Issue 07
- 1-46 Reduction of social cushioning for the unemployed: the plans of the Federal Government in a European Context
by Wolfgang Ochel - 3-45 The State of the World Economy and the German Economy in Spring 2003
by Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Forschungsinstitute - 47-48 Ifo Business Survey for March 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
March 2003, Volume 56, Issue 06
- 5-15 Economic aspects of the EU Constitution
by Bruno S. Frey & Ignatio Angeloni & Ludger Schuhknecht & Charles B. Blankart & Dennis C. Müller & Klaus Hänsch - 16-27 E-business: Economic strategies and effects of the industrial application of Internet technology
by Michael Reinhard - 28-36 VAT revenue and the financial effects of newer sales-tax models
by Andrea Gebauer - 37-40 Weakening investment dynamics in eastern Germany
by Erich Langmantel - 41-46 No sustainable recovery in construction demand this decade
by Erich Gluch - 47-50 EDP service providers remain in a downturn
by Joachim Gürtler - 51-58 Ireland: No more tiger leaps of economic growth but still in the western European passing lane
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
March 2003, Volume 56, Issue 05
- 5-14 The Riester pension plan - a flop?
by Hans Fehr & Dirk Kiesewetter & Michael Myßen - 15-19 Taxation of retirement revenue - Quo vadis?
by Dietmar Wellisch - 20-36 The demographic deficit - the facts, the consequences, the causes and their politics implications
by Hans-Werner Sinn - 37-41 US social welfare reform: Six years experience
by Waltraud Peter - 42-55 World economic climate: Downturn stopped?
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf - 56-64 Portugal: Per aspera ad astra (to the stars through difficulties) - a long dry spell to be followed by strong economic growth?
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 65-67 Tax benefits for families in an international comparison
by Wolfgang Meister & Wolfgang Ochel - 68-69 Ifo Business Survey for February 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
February 2003, Volume 56, Issue 04
- 3-6 Consumer protection and competition
by Edda Müller - 7-23 Methods of business cycle forecasting
by Wolfgang Nierhaus & Jan-Egbert Sturm - 24-28 Development of retail prices and the cost of living since the introduction of the euro
by Klaus Volker Beck - 29-31 Leasing: Worsened expectations force business climate to new lows
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 32-39 Norway to join the European Union after all?
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 40-41 The competitive position of industry has suffered little despite a more expensive euro
by Gernot Nerb
February 2003, Volume 56, Issue 03
- 3-7 Necessary changes of the pensions insurance system as social infrastructure of a market economy Pension benefits based on the number of children
by Egon Hölder - 8-10 A comment on German shop closing hours: an endless discussion?
by Uwe Christian Täger - 11-22 Construction activity in Europe: Anxiously awaited upswing Further results of the 54th EUROCONSTRUCT winter conference 2002
by Volker Rußig - 23-27 Western German industry: Following an investment decline in 2002, a recovery is expected this year. Latest results of the Ifo Investment Survey
by Annette Weichselberger - 28-36 Denmark: Gradual recovery on a sound economic foundation
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 37-38 On macroeconomic price trends
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 39-40 Ifo Business Survey for January 2003
by Hans Günter Russ
January 2003, Volume 56, Issue 02
- 3-10 EU takeovers Directive: Will the proposal of the European Commission create unequal conditions in the European Union?
by Brigitte Zypries & Heinz Putzhammer & Franz Häuser - 11-19 Continuing decline in housing completions in Europe
by Volker Rußig - 20-23 Economy economic activity 2002: Forecasting and reality
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 24-29 Innovation activities in industry 2001/2002: Slight decline from a high level
by Horst Penzkofer - 30-38 Sweden: Gradual economic recovery on a solid foundation
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 39-41 The worsening of the political climate between the US and Germany does not endanger German business relations to its US partners
by Anna Wolf - 42-43 Ifo Architect Survey: All indicators at new lows
by Erich Gluch
January 2003, Volume 56, Issue 01
- 3-20 International economic results of terrorism - medium- and long-term perspective
by Michael Hüther & Joachim Ahrens & Wilhelm Ruprecht & Michael Wolgast & Willi Leibfritz - 21-32 Hartz and more: Reducing joblessness through loan employment
by Wolfgang Ochel - 33-37 The credit crunch: A comparison between Japan and Germany
by Frank Westermann - 38-44 Electricity industry: Stabilisation of investment
by Hans-Dieter Karl - 45-53 Switzerland: Still the best of all economic worlds
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 54-55 Should the European Central Bank react to on price changes of assets?
by Jan-Egbert Sturm & Wolfgang Nierhaus
December 2002, Volume 55, Issue 24
- 3-16 How much globalisation can the world bear?
by Hans-Werner Sinn & Michael Rauscher & Rainer Bartel & Karl Wohlmuth - 17-21 Voluntary insurance in a statutory health insurance system financed with lump sum contributions: A comment to a proposal by the German Council of Economic Advisors
by Matthias Wrede - 22-44 Ifo Economic Forecast 2003: Only hesitant recovery
by Hans-Werner Sinn & Wolfgang Nierhaus & Wolfgang Meister & Oscar-Erich Kuntze & Jan-Egbert Sturm - 45-57 World economy climate clearly worsened Results of the 78th World Economic Survey (WES) in October 2002
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf - 58-61 DV service providers: sombre mood
by Joachim Gürtler - 62-63 Ifo Business Survey for December 2002
by Hans Günter Russ
December 2002, Volume 55, Issue 23
- 3-32 The red tail light - The reasons for Germany's weak growth and the necessary reforms
by Hans-Werner Sinn
November 2002, Volume 55, Issue 22
- 3-14 Should the EU Stability Pact be abandoned?
by Georg Milbradt & Wolfgang Scherf & Peter Spahn & Hans-Hermann Francke - 15-19 Employee equity participation and insolvency protection for employee capital investments
by Herbert Hofmann & Sonja Munz - 20-30 Ifo Industry Colloquium 2002: Dampened expectations for 2003
by Reinhard Hild & Volker Rußig & Uwe Christian Täger - 31-33 Leasing: Turn-around in sight?
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 34-42 Leasing caught up in the investment lull Despite losses in new business, gains in market share
by Arno Städtler - 43-44 Business climate clearly worsened
by Erich Gluch - 45-46 Ifo Business Survey for November 2002
by Hans Günter Russ
November 2002, Volume 55, Issue 21
- 1-30 Older employees - a neglected labour potential
by Wolfgang Ochel - 3-12 Tax revenue shortfalls - deficits: Are tax increases unavoidable?
by Clemens Fuest & Hans-Jürgen Müller-Seils & Gerold Krause-Junk & Alfons Kühn - 13-17 Thoughts on the introduction of a world competition order
by Uwe Jens - 18-27 Mechanical engineering in the age of globalisation and the new economy
by Hans-Günther Vieweg - 28-29 Credit demand weak, but loan grants also more restrictive
by Hans Günter Russ
October 2002, Volume 55, Issue 20
- 1-51 Exports not hindered by the deterioration of the political climate between the USA and Germany - results of a recent telephone survey
by Hans Günter Russ - 3-50 The State of the World Economy and the German Economy in Autumn 2002
by Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Forschungsinstitute - 52-53 Ifo Business Survey in October 2002
by Hans Günter Russ
October 2002, Volume 55, Issue 19
- 1-45 Children - a career restraint for women in Germany
by Wolfgang Ochel - 5-14 Sustainable development - what came out of the Johannesburg Summit?
by Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul & Jochen Flasbarth & Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker & Edda Müller - 15-21 Taxation of pensions from the statutory pensions insurance
by Eckart Bomsdorf - 22-30 Possibilities and risks of the introduction of a cross-border prior-tax deduction at the European level
by Andrea Gebauer & Doina Radulescu & Doina Maria Radulescu - 31-38 Permanent structural change: Trends in the German clothing industry
by Ulrich Adler - 39-44 Electrical industry: The upswing has been delayed
by Manfred Berger - 46-47 Ifo Business Survey for September 2002
by Hans Günter Russ
September 2002, Volume 55, Issue 18
- 3-13 Flood damage: Is a postponement of the tax reform the correct financing option?
by Rolf Peffekoven & Karl-Heinz Däke & Heinrich Traublinger & Werner Heß - 14-20 Postscript: The propositions of the Hartz Commission
by Hans-Werner Sinn & Michael Vierling - 21-29 The German health care system: Reform ideas of the political parties and the health-care economists
by Rigmar Osterkamp - 30-36 Change at the head of the Bank of Russia - bank reforms gaining ground?
by Josephine Bollinger-Kanne - 37-40 EDP service providers: Business continues to decline, further job reductions
by Joachim Gürtler
September 2002, Volume 55, Issue 17
- 3-14 How much market economy for the German health care system?
by Günther Neubauer & Peter Zweifel & Michael Breuer - 15-17 Leasing: Signs of slow recovery
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 18-25 Selected consumer goods sectors 1995 to 2000: Increasing sales with decreasing employment
by Klaus Volker Beck - 26-33 Netherlands: Recession barely avoided
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 34-35 Ifo Business Survey in August 2002
by Hans Günter Russ
August 2002, Volume 55, Issue 16
- 3-26 Reform needs and options for the Social Market Economy
by Winfried Schlaffke & Norbert Reuter & Karen Horn & Randolf Rodenstock & Eberhard von Koerber - 27-32 West German Industry reduces investment spending in 2002
by Annette Weichselberger - 33-44 World economy: Light dampener for the economic recovery
by Gernot Nerb - 45-51 Norway: Economy soon to reach the overheating point?
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
August 2002, Volume 55, Issue 15
- 1-57 Order stocks of independent building architects shrink markedly
by Erich Gluch - 3-9 Die Vorschläge der Hartz-Kommission
by Wolfgang Franz & Rainer Fehn - 10-18 And where do the jobs come from? Critical comments on the proposals of the Hartz Commission
by Wolfgang Ochel & Martin Werding - 19-44 Forecast 2002/2003. Chances for a new upswing
by Wolfgang Nierhaus & Wolfgang Meister & Oscar-Erich Kuntze & Jan-Egbert Sturm - 45-47 Lower sales cause less investment by wholesalers
by Arno Städtler - 48-56 Italy: From «Concertazione» back to «Conflittualitá»
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 58-59 Ifo Business Survey Brief July 2002
by Hans Günter Russ
July 2002, Volume 55, Issue 14
- 3-16 Different Accounting Rules in the United States and in Europe: Which is the Better Method?
by Joachim Schindler & Anne Schurbohm & Jochen Zimmermann & Hanno Merkt & Wolfgang Männel - 17-26 South Africa, Namibia, Simbabwe in 2001/2002: Stability and Chaos Side by Side
by Axel J. Halbach - 27-36 Building Activity in Europe: Following the Lull, Markedly Higher Growth Contributions Again
by Volker Rußig - 37-40 Retail Trade: Declining Sales and Investments
by Arno Städtler - 41-49 France: Reprise Conjoncturelle sans Cohabitation
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 50-51 Temporary Work – a Rapidly Growing Type of Employment
by Wolfgang Ochel
July 2002, Volume 55, Issue 13
- 5-19 Deutschland in der Weltwirtschaft - das Prinzip Hoffnung
by Hans-Werner Sinn - 20-24 Deutschland: In der Weltwirtschaft wieder auf der Überholspur!
by Werner Müller - 25-32 New Residential Construction in Europe: Bottoming Out in 2002. Selected Results of the EUROCONSTRUCT Summer Conference 2002 in Dublin
by Volker Rußig - 33-40 Ireland: The Celtic Tiger Founders
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 41-43 Shipping and Logistics: A Growing Market Despite Weak Economy
by Hildegard Arnold-Rothmaier - 44-45 Ifo Business Survey of June 2002
by Hans Günter Russ