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October 2001, Volume 54, Issue 06
- 34-41 Ireland, the "Celtic tiger": Model or warning for a growing Europe?
by Michael Dauderstädt - 46-52 Netherlands
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 53-54 Are business cycles in Euroland similar?
by Erich Langmantel
July 2001, Volume 54, Issue 06
- 42-45 Harder times ahead for EDP service providers?
by Joachim Gürtler
October 2001, Volume 54, Issue 05
- 1-50 Ifo Business Survey in January 2001
by Hans Günter Russ - 3-12 The new German services industry union ver.di: New directions and new tasks for the unions?
by Franz Bsirske & Roland Issen & Werner Sesselmeier - 13-15 Addendum: Debt reduction programme for highly indebted poor countries
by Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul - 16-21 Is there a "new economy"? Effects on the American production potential
by Gebhard Flaig - 30-36 World economic climate noticeably weaker
by Gernot Nerb - 37-43 Finland's economy continues on the verge of overheating
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 44-46 Is union influence on wage formation waning worldwide?
by Wolfgang Ochel - 47-49 Two indicators for assessing the monetary policy of the European Central Bank
by Wolfgang Nierhaus
August 2001, Volume 54, Issue 05
- 22-29 User restraints in the employment of integrated information and communications technologies in customer contacts
by Hans Schedl & Horst Penzkofer & Heinz Schmalholz
October 2001, Volume 54, Issue 04
- 3-13 Education reform: What's happening to German universities?
by Klaus Landfried & Manfred Neumann & Robert von Weizsäcker & Alexander Kemnitz & Björn Frank - 18-27 Knowledge and technology transfer in public research institutions
by Jakob Edler & Ulrich Schmoch - 40-49 The role and importance of intermediaries in knowledge and technology transfer
by Dirk Czarnitzki & Georg Licht & Christian Rammer & Alfred Spielkamp - 50-57 CO2 taxation in Germany and Europe
by Rigmar Osterkamp - 58-65 Austria: In the rough winds of change
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 66-67 Does education have a low value in Germany?
by Wolfgang Ochel - 68-69 Price and profit expectations signal an impeding cyclical weakening
by Gernot Nerb - 70-71 Internet use in China
by Christian Schmidkonz
January 2001, Volume 54, Issue 04
- 14-17 Information and knowledge transfer in Germany - the long road to greater efficiency
by Michael Reinhard - 28-39 Absorption capacity and the use of external technological knowledge in enterprises
by Michael Reinhard
March 2001, Volume 54, Issue 03
- 03-16 Labour market flexibility: Are the reforms points in the right direction?
by Ursula Engelen-Kefer & Dietmar Heise & Norber Berthold & Jrgen Kromphardt - 17-24 Inhabitant weighting in the fiscal equalisation scheme - economic analysis and reform requirements
by Christian Baretti & Bernd Huber & Karl Lichtblau & Rüdiger Parsche - 25-29 Inhabitant weighting in the fiscal equalisation scheme
by Fritz Söllner - 30-40 Improved production opportunities and unchanged sales problems - time is running out for east Germany
by Albert Müller - 41-51 Economic growth in national accounting: a comparison between Germany and the U.S
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 52-59 Belgium: Further consolidation of national finances
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 60-66 Western Europe: Economic growth in line with potential growth path
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 67-68 How inflation is measured
by Wolfgang Nierhaus
February 2001, Volume 54, Issue 02
- 03-18 Reform of the German fiscal equalisation scheme
by Wolfgang Scherf & Wolfgang Kitterer & Gisela Färber & Thomas Lenk & Bernd Huber
October 2001, Volume 54, Issue 02
- 1-45 Ifo Business Survey in December 2000
by Hans Günter Russ - 19-27 The competitiveness of the European economy: Is the U.S. increasing its lead?
by Wolfgang Gerstenberger - 28-33 Innovative, evolutionary economic policy in the regions
by Uwe Jens - 34-40 Denmark: Living without the euro for the time being
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 41-44 West German manufacturing: Capacity utilisation unchanged, new order activity weak
by Jürg Dieter Lindlbauer
March 2001, Volume 54, Issue 01
- 06-14 How will the debt reduction programme help highly indebted countries?
by Peter Nunnenkamp & Peter Wahl & Thomas Wollenzien - 15-23 Why do the long-term growth and productivity trends of Europe and the US differ?
by Bernhard Felderer - 24-28 EDP Service Provider Survey: Weak but sold turnover growth, favourable outlook continues
by Joachim Gürtler - 29-35 Switzerland: Large steps towards the EU in 2001
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
January 2001, Volume 54, Issue 01
- 03-05 Sozialhilfe versus Earned Income Tax Credit
by Hans-Werner Sinn
January 2000, Volume 53, Issue 36
- 03-22 Reform of the German Bundesbank: Central organisation or retention of the federal structure?
by Ernst Welteke & Eberhard Heinke & Gernot Mittler & Harald Hungenberg & Helmut Hesse & Heiner Aller - 23-26 The minimum inflation rate for the euro countries
by Hans-Werner Sinn & Michael Reutter - 27-34 Leasing in Germany: Broad-based business still expanding, constraints on large moveables from tax-code changes
by Arno Städtler - 35-40 Portugal: Living beyond its means
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
December 2000, Volume 53, Issue 34
- 03-04 Enlargement of the European Union (additional contribution
by Christoph M. Schmidt & Michael Fertig - 05-10 West German manufacturing: Investment growth to slow in 2001
by Annette Weichselberger - 11-17 Greece: Membership in EMU immanent
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 18-19 Renaissance of self-employment
by Wolfgang Ochel
December 2000, Volume 53, Issue 33
- 03-08 European Union - Institutional reforms for a functional, future EU
by Edmund Stoiber & Werner Weidenfeld - 09-10 Are changes needed in telecommunications regulation?
by Uwe Ch. Täger & Jürgen Kühling & Hans Schedl - 11-23 Economic conclusions from the country comparison of telecommunications regulation models
by Hans Schedl - 24-32 The legal and political results from the country comparison of telecommunications regulation models
by Christian Koenig & Jürgen Kühling - 33-36 West German manufacturing: Capacity utilisation unchanged, order reserves again higher
by Jürg Dieter Lindlbauer - 37-43 International economic climate index falls again
by Gernot Nerb - 44-45 Product process optimisation - more than a catch-phrase
by Hans Günter Russ - 46-47 The euro, interest rates and European economic growth
by Hans-Werner Sinn & Robert Koll
December 2000, Volume 53, Issue 31
- 03-13 EU Enlargement: Opportunities and risks
by Michael Dauderstädt & Wolfgang Quaisser & Jürgen Nötzold - 14-22 The euro and seignorage wealth: winners and losers of EMU
by Hans-Werner Sinn & Holger Feist - 23-29 Small and medium-sized enterprises, the regulatory framework and job creation
by Wolfgang Gerstenberger & Carola Boede - 30-36 Immigration politics: Competing for the highly qualified - practices in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States
by Wolfgang Ochel - 37-41 East Germany: Investments in manufacturing continue to fall back to the "normal" level
by Peter Jäckel - 42-43 Exports in Autumn 2000: Stable growth
by Erich Langmantel
November 2000, Volume 53, Issue 30
- 05-16 UMTS revenue - how should it be used?
by Klaus-Peter Fox & Christian Kastrop & Heinz Grossekettler & Dieter Brümmerhoff - 17-26 The shadow economy in Europe
by Friedrich Schneider & Rigmar Osterkamp - 27-34 South Africa in 2000: the economy and government policies under President Mbeki
by Axel J. Halbach - 35-36 Wages and employment: Germany, the Netherlands and the United States
by Wolfgang Ochel
November 2000, Volume 53, Issue 28
- 05-19 Pension reform 2000
by Walter Riester & Horst Seehofer & Ulla Schmidt & Winfried Schmähl & Bernd Raffelhüschen & Daniel Besendorfer - 20-25 When will Germany turn?
by Hans-Werner Sinn & Silke Übelmesser - 26-38 A closer look at German federalism
by Christian Baretti & Robert Fenge & Bernd Huber & Willi Leibfritz & Matthias Steinherr - 39-42 Pension reform: model calculations on long-term effects
by Martin Werding - 43-46 EDP service providers: Turnover growth weakens in the first half year, but the outlook remains favourable
by Joachim Gürtler - 47-48 Germany lags behind internationally in continuing vocational training
by Wolfgang Ochel
November 2000, Volume 53, Issue 26
- 03-09 Ten years of German unification
by Hans-Dietrich Genscher & Hans Tietmeyer & Christa Luft - 10-22 Ten years of German unification - a commentary on the situation in east Germany
by Hans-Werner Sinn - 23-28 Germany in the grips of a new oil crisis?
by Wolfgang Nierhaus & Wolfgang Meister - 29-30 Great Britain: No full employment despite considerable labour market successes
by Wolfgang Ochel - 31-32 Mobile Internet in China: Opportunities and restrictions
by Christian Schmidkonz
November 2000, Volume 53, Issue 25
- 03-08 Company pension plan versus private savings
by Bert Rürup & Aloys Prinz - 09-11 Comment: Mega-mergers
by Roland Berger - 12-17 An international comparison of the requirements for unemployment compensation
by Wolfgang Ochel - 18-25 Slight weakening in the world economic climate Results of the 69th Ifo Economic Survey International (ESI) of July/August 2000
by Gernot Nerb - 26-30 Italy: Expanding economy and increasing prices
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
September 2000, Volume 53, Issue 24
- 03-12 A new orientation for the IMF
by Caio K. Koch-Weser & Karlhans Sauernheimer & Gerhard Illing - 13-21 Czech Republic: Macroeconomic development, the private sector and business financing
by Adalbert Winkler - 22-23 Wholesaling: Dynamic turnover and investment
by Arno Städtler - 24-26 Retailing: Turnover hopes support investment
by Arno Städtler - 27-30 Eastern German construction: Reduced investment budgets for 2000
by Peter Jäckel - 31-35 Ireland: Tiger leap into inflation
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 36-37 Are we really running out of jobs?
by Wolfgang Ochel
August 2000, Volume 53, Issue 22
- 03-11 Green Card - Does the German economy need an immigration law?
by Norbert Walter & Helmut Rittstieg & Heinz Werner - 12-17 Working day effects on GDP
by Gebhard Flaig - 18-24 Taiwan 2000: A high tech country on the threshold of WTO membership
by Christian Schmidkonz - 25-33 Innovation patterns in German industry
by Horst Penzkofer - 34-37 West German manufacturing: Capacity utilisation nearly unchanged, order reserves larger
by Jürg-Dieter Lindlbauer - 38-42 Spain: on the verge of economic overheating
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 43-44 Active labour market policies in an international comparison
by Wolfgang Ochel - 45-46 Mid-2000 export situation
by Erich Langmantel & Rudolf Stanga
July 2000, Volume 53, Issue 21
- 03-12 Taxing social security payments - a solution to the financial crisis?
by Rolf Peffekoven & Rolf Kroker & Winfried Fuest & Wolfgang Wiegard - 13-23 Earned income tax credits and transfers to low-income employees - the Anglo-Saxon approach to more employment and less poverty
by Wolfgang Ochel - 24-32 Company pension schemes: recent Ifo survey reveals stabilisation trends
by Wolfgang Ruppert - 33-37 Business situation in European construction: demand weakening in 2001 and 2002
by Erich Gluch - 38-43 Ifo EDP Service Provider Survey: slow start to the year but expectations remain optimistic
by Joachim Gürtler - 44-48 Norway: economic recovery
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 49-51 Budget surveillance in the Euro Area: How Effective is the Stability and Growth Pact?
by Rigmar Osterkamp
July 2000, Volume 53, Issue 19
- 03-09 German tax reform - What is still missing?
by Helmut Remsperger & Heinrich Traublinger & Franz Wagner - 10-25 An evaluation of the tax reform proposals of the CDU/CSU opposition in light of fundamental tax reform experiences abroad
by Willi Leibfritz & Erich Langmantel & Wolfgang Meister & Barbara Schaden & Ulrich Scholten & Martin Werding - 26-34 West German industry 2000: real investment increase of 3%
by Annette Weichselberger - 35-40 West German construction 2000: strong increase in investment activity
by Jan Müller - 41-47 Outlook for construction activity in west Germany: Only a moderate trend-path increase
by Tilman Alexander von Roncador - 48-48 Restructuring of stock markets
by Rigmar Osterkamp - 49-49 Citizens of Central and Eastern Europe in west Germany
by Wolfgang Ochel
June 2000, Volume 53, Issue 18
- 05-11 The two poles of megamergers: synergy effects and market domination
by Wernhard Möschel & Ursula Konitzer & Henning Klodt - 12-25 Reducing the level of pension payments and a partially funded social insurance system - Ifo recommendations for a consolidation of the pay-as-you-go system
by Hans-Werner Sinn & Martin Werding - 26-26 EU manufacturing expanding at a faster pace than in Germany
by Gernot Nerb - 27-28 German exports in spring 2000
by Erich Langmantel & Rudolf Stanga - 29-29 Netherlands: Employment performance is deceiving
by Wolfgang Ochel - 30-31 Burdens on the factor labour in Germany
by Willi Leibfritz & Wilhelm Meister
June 2000, Volume 53, Issue 16
- 5-14 Wie lässt sich die Konzentrationsstatistik verbessern?
by Uwe Christian Täger - 15-20 Zur quantitativen Analyse von Kapitalverflechtungen
by Jens Kammerath - 21-33 Paradigmenwechsel der europäischen und der deutschen Wirtschaftsstatistik
by Rainer Feuerstack - 34-38 Neue Möglichkeiten zur Verbesserung der statistischen Konzentrationsbeobachtung
by Gerhard Stock
May 2000, Volume 53, Issue 15
- 03-10 World Economic Growth Remains Robust
by Sandra Waller - 11-14 Germany: Will Imported Inflation Jeopardise Price Stability?
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 15-20 Favourable Medium-term Economic Outlook in Europe
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
May 2000, Volume 53, Issue 14
- 03-10 Eastern German Manufacturing: Increased Output, Stalled Loss Reduction, Stagnating Employment
by Joachim Gürtler - 11-13 Expansion Continues to Dominate Investment in Eastern German Manufacturing
by Peter Jäckel - 14-22 AIECE Forecast: World Commodity Prices 2001
by Hans-Dieter Karl
May 2000, Volume 53, Issue 13
- 03-06 West German Manufacturing: High Capacity Utilization Rate and Relatively Low Order Reserves
by Jürg Dieter Lindlbauer - 07-13 Lower Contribution Rates in the State Pension System with Private Pension Plans
by Eckart Bomsdorf - 14-25 Austria
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
May 2000, Volume 53, Issue 12
- 11-18 Exchange Rate Options of Future EU Members in Central and Eastern Europe
by Heidemarie C. Sherman
April 2000, Volume 53, Issue 12
- 03-10 Special Administrative Agency as Competition Watchdog
by Bernhard Duijm
April 2000, Volume 53, Issue 11
- 03-07 EDP Service Providers: Confidence Remains High, but Turnover Growth to Weaken Somewhat
by Joachim Gürtler - 08-15 Macroeconomic Implications of the Shareholder Value Concept
by Uwe Jens
April 2000, Volume 53, Issue 10
- 03-07 A Future Housing Shortage in Germany?
by Tilman Alexander von Roncador - 08-18 The Implementation of the Maastricht Government Debt Criteria in Germany's Federal System
by Fritz Söllner
March 2000, Volume 53, Issue 09
- 10-14 Namibia Ten Years after Independence
by Axel J. Halbach - 15-25 Sweden
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
April 2000, Volume 53, Issue 09
- 03-09 Arguments for State Child-rearing Grants
by Hans Heinrich Nachtkamp
April 2000, Volume 53, Issue 08
March 2000, Volume 53, Issue 08
- 09-14 Recruiting Highly Skilled Labour Abroad - the Practice of Other OECD Countries
by Wolfgang Ochel - 15-24 Finland
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
March 2000, Volume 53, Issue 07
- 03-16 World Economy Gains Momentum - International Economic Climate at an All-time High
by Sandra Waller - 11-12 Productivity is Not Everything - the Sources of Living Standards in an International Comparison
by Wolfgang Ochel - 13-22 Denmark
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
March 2000, Volume 53, Issue 05
February 2000, Volume 53, Issue 05
- 13-17 European Monetary Union: inflation under 2% in 2000
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 18-26 The German position in the global competition for the development of new information and communication technologies
by Konrad Faust - 27-36 Switzerland
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 37-47 Netherlands
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
February 2000, Volume 53, Issue 04
- 03-06 West German manufacturing: strong rise in capacity utilization
by Jürg-Dieter Lindlbauer - 07-13 Real income in the new European System of Accounts
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 14-23 France
by Oskar-Erich Kuntze
January 2000, Volume 53, Issue 03
- 3-8 East German construction industry: investment budgets to remain at low levels in 2000
by Peter Jäckel - 17-28 Belgium
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
February 2000, Volume 53, Issue 03
- 9-16 Catching-up process in east Germany stagnates
by Albert Müller
February 2000, Volume 53, Issue 01
January 2000, Volume 53, Issue 01
- 8-14 European regional policies and eastern EU expansion
by Joachim Weimann - 15-23 Housing completions in western Germany: a north-west gap instead of a north-south gap?
by Tilman Alexander von Roncador - 24-30 Family policies: the family allowance concept of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group
by Martin Werding - 31-43 United Kingdom
by Oskar-Erich Kuntze
February 1999, Volume 52, Issue 35
- 7-21 Investitionskonjunktur stärkt Leasingwachstum
by Arno Städtler
December 1999, Volume 52, Issue 35
- 3-6 Jahr 2000-Umstellung in der Industrie ein lösbares Problem
by Gernot Nerb - 22-29 Allgemeine Elektrizitätswirtschaft schränkt Investitionen weiter ein
by Hans-Dieter Karl - 30-37 Gerät die WTO in eine Krise? - Gründe für eine Entwicklungsrunde des Welthandelssystems
by Thomas Röhm & Axel C. Steinmann - 38-48 Entwicklung der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien im Spiegel von Patent- und Außenhandelsstatistik - ein Ländervergleich
by Eberhard Buckel
February 1999, Volume 52, Issue 34
- 13-19 Zehn Jahre Aufbau Ost: eine Zwischenbilanz
by Karl-Heinz Paque
December 1999, Volume 52, Issue 34
- 3-9 Westdeutsche Industrie: Investitionen stagnieren im Jahr 2000
by Annette Weichselberger & Ursula Bröseke & Martina Rail & Sonja Siebolts - 9-12 Westdeutsche Bauwirtschaft: Mit steigenden Investitionsbudgets ins Jahr 2000
by Jan Müller
December 1999, Volume 52, Issue 32
- 3-11 Weltwirtschaft: Aufwärtstrend hält an
by Sandra Waller - 12-19 Gaswirtschaft investiert wieder mehr
by Peter Rammner - 20-25 Belastungs- und Entscheidungswirkungen der geplanten Unternehmensteuerreform
by Franz W. Wagner & Dominic Wader - 26-34 Die öffentlichen Finanzen in den neuen Ländern
by Helmut Seitz - 35-38 Frühverrentung: International "aus der Mode gekommen"
by Wolfgang Ochel - 39-48 Ökonomische Implikationen eines Beitritts der VR China zur WTO
by Christian Schmidkonz & Markus Taube
November 1999, Volume 52, Issue 31
- 3-7 Westdeutsche Industrie: Kapazitätsauslastung weiter gestiegen
by J.D. Lindlbauer - 7-12 Wasserwerke investieren wieder mehr als 5 Mrd. DM
by Peter Rammner
February 1999, Volume 52, Issue 31
- 13-21 AIECE-Prognose: Weltrohstoffpreise 2000/2001
by Hans-Dieter Karl
November 1999, Volume 52, Issue 30
- 3-9 Industrie der neuen Bundesländer: Ausrüstungsinvestitionen stabilisieren sich
by Peter Jäckel - 16-24 Wachstumsfaktoren in Osteuropa
by Volkhart Vincentz & Wolfgang Quaisser
February 1999, Volume 52, Issue 30
February 1999, Volume 52, Issue 29
- 3-13 Ladenschlußdebatte darf nicht zum Dauerbrenner werden
by Uwe Christian Täger
November 1999, Volume 52, Issue 29
- 14-22 Finanzpolitik und Konjunktur: Die automatischen Stabilisatoren in Deutschland
by Willi Leibfritz & Birgit Lehne & Wolfgang Meister & Erich Langmantel - 23-34 Tertiarisierung und neue Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien
by Konrad Faust & Wolfgang Gick & Herbert Hofmann & Ingrid Leiprecht & Albert Müller & Wolfgang Ochel & Barbara Schaden
October 1999, Volume 52, Issue 28
- 3-6 DV-Dienstleister: Geschäftsklima erreicht neuen Höchststand
by Joachim Gürtler - 7-13 Auslandsinvestitionen und Technologietransfer in Entwicklungs- und Transformationsländer
by Thomas Röhm
October 1999, Volume 52, Issue 27
- 3-10 Das Patentsystem auf dem Prüfstand
by Konrad Faust - 11-19 Aus dem Instrumentenkasten der Konjunkturanalyse : Veränderungen im Vergleich
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 20-25 Das Konzept der systematischen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und seine praktische Bedeutung für die Wirtschaftsförderung in Afrika
by Wolfgang Schneider-Barthold
October 1999, Volume 52, Issue 26
- 3-10 Weltwirtschaft auf Erholungkurs : Inflationskurse bleiben gedämpft ; Ergebnisse des 65. ifo Konjunkturtest international (KTI) von Juli/August 1999
by Sandra Waller - 11-17 Aktuelle Trends : Erkenntnisse aus ifo-Umfragen
by Dietger Hahn & Karl-Heinrich Oppenländer & Gernot Nerb
October 1999, Volume 52, Issue 20
- 03-08 DV-Dienstleister : mit Zuversicht in den Sommer
by Joachim Gürtler - 09-11 Planung der westdeutschen Industrie bis 2003 : Umsatzerwartungen weiterhin vorsichtig; Investitionsabsichten zurückhaltend
by Birgit Lehne - 12-19 Dynamischstes Feld der IuK-Anwendung : das Internet; Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie zur Diffusion von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik
by Hans Schedl & Horst Penzkofer & Heinz Schmalholz
October 1999, Volume 52, Issue 19
- 07-13 Westdeutsche Industrie : Investitionswachstum läßt 1999 nach
by Annette Weichselberger - 14-19 Westdeutsche Bauwirtschaft : Investitionstätigkeit zieht 1999 deutlich an
by Jan Müller