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May 2005, Volume 58, Issue 10
- 23-28 Investments in manufacturing in eastern Germany: 2004 strong overall increase, for 2005 cutbacks offset by growth in all industry branches
by Peter Jäckel & Annette Weichselberger - 29-32 Leasing: Cautious optimism but dynamism lacking in equipment investment
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 33-40 World economy: Climate indicator remains in the cooling-down phase
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf - 41-42 New Economy - mixed opportunities for Germany
by Hans-Günther Vieweg - 43-44 Ifo Freelance Architect Survey: Strong increase in order reserves
by Erich Gluch
May 2005, Volume 58, Issue 09
- 03-11 Should the EU Service Directives be improved?
by Holger Wenzel & Hanns-Eberhard Schleyer & Evelyne Gebhardt & Heide Rühle - 12-13 Slight decline in VAT evasion in 2005
by Andrea Gebauer & Rüdiger Parsche - 13-20 An inquiry based means for the quantification of qualitative inflation expectations of the Ifo World Economic Survey
by Steffen Henzel & Timo Wollmershäuser - 21-26 The changed role of agriculture at the beginning of the 21st century
by Manfred Schöpe - 27-29 Industry branch report: Vegetable gardening in Germany - continuous extension with low producer prices in 2004
by Matthias Balz - 30-33 Mortgage banks in an international comparison
by Rigmar Osterkamp
April 2005, Volume 58, Issue 08
- 03-57 The State of the World Economy and the German Economy in Spring 2005
by Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Forschungsinstitute - 58-59 Ifo Business Survey in April 2005
by Hans Günter Russ
April 2005, Volume 58, Issue 07
- 03-15 Collective bargain agreement in the public sector - major reform in the public sector pay system?
by Thomas Böhle & Ralf Stegner & Walter A. Oechsler & Monika Böhm - 16-20 Social insurance exemptions and employment
by Wolfgang Meister & Wolfgang Ochel - 21-31 Patents as security for loans
by Hans Schedl & Guido von Scheffer & Dirk Loop & Holger Himmel & Sven Mussler - 32-37 Measuring the efficiency of a national economic support programme
by Detlev Jahn - 38-43 Digital photography: Sales boom and drastic price collapse
by Günter Weitzel - 44-45 Ifo Business Survey shows no end to employment declines in manufacturing
by Klaus Abberger - 45-46 Better lending climate
by André Kunkel - 47-48 Ifo Business Survey in March 2005
by Hans Günter Russ
March 2005, Volume 58, Issue 06
- 03-42 Bazaar Economy GermanyWorld Champion Exporter or Laggard?
by Hans-Werner Sinn
March 2005, Volume 58, Issue 05
- 03-06 Postscript: The importance of trade fairs in Germany
by Manfred Wutzlhofer - 07-18 Decentralization of wage negotiations in Germany - a way to create more jobs?
by Wolfgang Ochel - 19-27 The introduction of the previous-year price basis in German National Accounts: Consequences for business-cycle analysis
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 28-33 Sales stabilization in the book trade with different development trends
by Günter Weitzel - 34-41 Residential construction: Will only replacement demand be met in the long-term?
by Karin Behring - 42-49 Rise of the industry innovations continued in 2004
by Horst Penzkofer - 50-54 EPD service providers: Business recovery gains momentum
by Joachim Gürtler - 55-61 World economy: Climate indicator falls again
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf
February 2005, Volume 58, Issue 04
- 05-19 Renewable energy and German energy-sector legislation: The shape of the future energy supply system?
by Rainer Frank Elsässer & Bernhard Hillebrand & Wolfgang Ströbele & Stephan Kohler & Uwe Leprich - 19-21 Outlook 2005: Return to sender
by John Llewellyn - 22-27 Reform of the financing of maternity protection - a comment on the maternity protection ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court
by Dorothea Alewell & Kerstin Pull - 28-36 Growth and economic activity in OECD countries: A long-term perspective
by Harm Bandholz & Gebhard Flaig & Johannes Mayr - 37-41 After the elimination of quotas: (no) cause for concern for the German textile and apparel industry?
by Herbert Hofmann - 42-48 On a long-term basis no unfavourable outlook for commercial construction in Germany
by Erich Gluch - 49-52 Leasing industry maintains its growth path, but equipment investment is still sluggish
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 53-54 Ifo Business Survey for February 2005
by Hans Günter Russ
February 2005, Volume 58, Issue 03
- 03-14 The importance of trade fairs in Germany
by Hermann Kresse & Robert K. v. Weizsäcker & Horst Penzkofer - 15-18 The new European automobile industry
by Peter Wells - 19-22 Corporate disability management - a better disability insurance protection
by Stefan Bornemann - 23-25 How much revenue loss can be expected from the introduction of a consumption tax system? Less than 1% of GDP?
by Johannes Becker & Clemens Fuest - 26-30 Economic activity 2004: Forecasting and reality
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 31-32 A comment of the Ifo business climate retailing
by Klaus Abberger - 33-34 Tuition fees in Europe
by Nick Hoffmann - 36-37 Ifo Architects Survey: Business climate worsens further
by Erich Gluch - 38-39 Ifo Business Survey for January 2005
by Hans Günter Russ
January 2005, Volume 58, Issue 02
- 03-15 Trade unions, free collective bargaining and industry-wide wage agreements: What purpose do they (still) serve?
by Wernhard Möschel & Heinz Lampert & Michael Schneider - 16-22 More efficiency and fairness from loan-financed tuition fees
by Sascha Becker & Robert Fenge & Sascha O. Becker - 23-29 Fifty years of income tax reform: Comments on reform measures since the major tax reform of 1955
by Dieter Dziadkowski - 30-38 Renewed decline in owner-occupied houses dampens new residential construction in Europe – Results of the Euroconstruct Winter Conference 2004
by Volker Rußig
January 2005, Volume 58, Issue 01
- 1-40 An economic retrospective on the Munich referendum on high-rise buildings
by Christoph Eichhorn & Marco Sahm & Frank Westermann - 03-13 Euro exchange rate: Should the ECB intervene?
by Joachim Fels & Martin Hüfner & Ansgar Belke & Thorsten Polleit & Thomas Mayer - 14-22 Personnel policies as creator and forerunner of innovation processes
by Meinhard Knoche - 23-33 Are German firms turning their backs on domestic locations? - The foreign direct investment of German enterprises
by Sascha Becker & Robert Jäckle & Marc-Andreas Mündler & Sascha O. Becker - 34-39 Western German industry: Still no clear increase in investments expected
by Annette Weichselberger
December 2004, Volume 57, Issue 24
- 03-09 Reducing the number of public holidays, 40-hour week, tax increases - the recipe for medium-term budget consolidation?
by Barbara Hendricks & Dieter Ondracek & Udo Ludwig - 10-14 Credit spreads and their determinants in Germany
by Horst Rottmann & Franz Seitz - 15-53 Ifo Economic Forecast for 2005: Decoupled from the world economy
by Gebhard Flaig & Wolfgang Nierhaus & Oscar-Erich Kuntze & Andrea Gebauer & Steffen Henzel & Oliver Hülsewig & Anita Dehne & Erich Langmantel & Monika Ruschinski & Hans-Werner Sinn & Timo Wollmershäuser - 54-56 Waste management: Cautious expectations for 2005
by Johann Wackerbauer - 57-58 Ifo Business Survey for December 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
December 2004, Volume 57, Issue 23
- 03-21 Pros and cons of the CDU/CSU proposal of a lump sum health insurance premium
by Christa Stewens & Andreas Haufler & Hans Fehr & Friedrich Breyer & Gerrit Roth - 22-25 Mini-jobs in the distributive trade - popular but no real option for the unemployed
by Herbert Hofmann - 26-36 Equipment leasing in Germany and Europe remains on the growth path
by Arno Städtler - 37-40 EDP service providers: Has the recovery begun?
by Joachim Gürtler - 43-44 Ifo Business Survey for November 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
November 2004, Volume 57, Issue 22
- 03-12 Is the German model of co-determination in corporations outdated?
by Hubertus Schmoldt & Walther Müller-Jentsch & Wolfgang Jäger - 13-35 Ifo Industry Colloquium 2004
by Thomas Kiessl & Reinhard Hild & Josef Lachner & Hans Günter Russ & Volker Rußig & Gernot Nerb & Joachim Gürtler - 36-39 Leasing: Business climate yields clearly - regeneration of aggregate equipment investment is still down the road
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 40-47 World economy: Climate indicator weakens slightly
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf
November 2004, Volume 57, Issue 21
- 03-16 The situation in retailing: Can government regulations help?
by Holger Wenzel & Uwe Christian Täger & Edda Müller & Joachim Zentes - 17-29 Resolving conflicts between profession and family: Lifetime solutions
by A. Lans Bovenberg - 30-37 Trade fairs in Cologne induced nationwide turnover of €1.7 billion in 2003
by Horst Penzkofer - 38-41 Employment-dependent tax credits in Britain
by Wolfgang Ochel - 42-43 Ifo Architects Survey: Order backlogs slowly improve from low levels
by Erich Gluch - 44-45 Ifo Business Survey for October 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
October 2004, Volume 57, Issue 20
- 03-53 The State of the World Economy and the German Economy in Autumn 2004
by Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Forschungsinstitute
October 2004, Volume 57, Issue 19
- 03-09 Is transparency in manager remuneration threatening acceptance of the Corporate Governance Code?
by Brigitte Zypries & Max Kley & Michael Adams & Marcus Lutter - 10-18 New developments in electronic business-to-business transactions
by Hans Schedl & Kai Sülzle - 19-24 "Year of innovation": Enterprise reality versus wishful political thinking
by Heinz Schmalholz & Horst Penzkofer - 25-26 Ifo Business Survey for September 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
September 2004, Volume 57, Issue 18
- 03-10 Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency
by Caio K. Koch-Weser & Dietmar Hornung & Horst Tomann - 11-18 How independent of demographic trends are company pensions?
by Jochen Zimmermann - 19-23 EDP Service Providers: Recovery slows down
by Joachim Gürtler - 24-26 Bank lending policies less restrictive
by André Kunkel
September 2004, Volume 57, Issue 17
- 03-12 Siemens - DaimlerChrysler: Will their recent labour-management agreements serve as models in Germany?
by Michael Hüther & Norbert Berthold & Ferdinand Dudenhöffer - 13-17 Does protection against dismissal increase the employment threshold?
by Gebhard Flaig & Horst Rottmann - 18-23 Economic integration and the welfare state
by David E. Wildasin - 24-27 Encrusted labour markets: The cause of more unemployment?
by Giuseppe Bertola - 28-34 World economy: Climate indicator stabilizes at a high level
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf - 35-36 Ifo Business Survey for August 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
August 2004, Volume 57, Issue 16
- 03-11 Elite universities: Could they make Germany more attractive as a site for research and investment?
by Gerd Grözinger & Oliver Fabel & Dominique Demougin & Matthias Kräkel - 12-20 Capital or ballast? Personnel policies in phases of economic weakness
by Meinhard Knoche - 21-29 Experimental stock markets as instruments for business forecasts
by Michael Berlemann - 30-35 West-German Industry: Companies plan to increase investments in 2004 by 3%
by Annette Weichselberger
August 2004, Volume 57, Issue 15
- 03-07 What is the real benefit of citizen insurance and health premiums?
by Stefan Fetzer & Christian Hagist & Bernd Raffelhüschen - 08-13 Der Beitrag von Industrie und Dienstleistungen zum regionalen Wirtschaftswachstum in Bayern
by Erich Langmantel - 14-21 Zur Einführung der Vorjahrespreisbasis in der deutschen Statistik: Besonderheiten der Quartalsrechnung
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 22-29 Allmähliche Erholung in Europas Bauwirtschaft
by Volker Rußig - 30-33 Großhandel: Trotz Umsatzwachstum weiterhin zurückhaltende Investitionsplanungen
by Manuel Birnbrich - 34-37 Leasingbranche: Geschäftsklima stabilisiert sich - Entwicklung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Ausrüstungsinvestitionen zwischen Hoffen und Bangen
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 38-47 Großbritannien: Sanfte Landung nach der Hochkonjunktur?
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 48-49 Finanzierung bleibt Engpass für mehr Wachstum
by Gernot Nerb - 50-51 ifo Architektenumfrage: Geschäftsklima trübt sich wieder ein
by Erich Gluch
July 2004, Volume 57, Issue 14
- 03-04 Ageing staff as a challenge for company personnel policies
by Hartmut Buck - 05-14 The effects of demographic change on the labour market in Saxony – analyses and counter strategies
by Beate Henschel & Carsten Pohl - 15-19 EU-enlargement: Challenges from immigration from the new member states
by Georges de Ménil - 24-27 Retailing: Hopes for an upswing disappointed – investment activity continues to shrink
by Manuel Birnbrich - 28-29 Ifo Business Survey for July 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
July 2004, Volume 57, Issue 13
- 03-08 Should enterprise taxation within the EU be harmonised? (cont.)
by Christoph Spengel & Wolfgang Eggert - 09-12 Implications of this year’s enlargement of the European Union: A preliminary analysis
by Václav Klaus - 13-16 Social union, migration and the European constitution
by Hans-Werner Sinn - 17-21 Manufacturing in eastern Germany: clear increase in investments planned
by Peter Jäckel - 22-28 Housing construction in Europe: a renewed decline after a short recovery
by Volker Rußig - 29-38 Finland: economy remains in the European fast lane
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
June 2004, Volume 57, Issue 12
- 10-36 Ifo Economic Forecast 2004/2005: The upswing gains momentum
by Gebhard Flaig & Wolfgang Nierhaus & Oscar-Erich Kuntze & Andrea Gebauer & Steffen Henzel & Oliver Hülsewig & Anita Dehne & Erich Langmantel & Wolfgang Meister & Monika Ruschinski & Bodo Schimpfermann & Timo Wollmershäuser - 37-42 EDP service providers: Moderate recovery
by Joachim Gürtler - 43-52 Italy: Slow progress, economically and structurally
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 53-54 New business start-ups in 2004
by Wolfgang Ochel - 55-56 Ifo Business Survey for June 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
June 2004, Volume 57, Issue 11
- 03-10 Should corporation taxation be harmonised within the EU?
by Otto H. Jacobs & Ralph Brügelmann & Alfons J. Weichenrieder - 11-23 Major tax reform: Necessary and feasible
by Anita Dehne - 24-29 Diverging trends in German wholesaling
by Josef Lachner - 30-36 Housing prices in Europe: continuing upward trend with marked regional differences
by Volker Rußig & André Scharmanski - 37-42 World economy: climate indicator still at high level
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf - 44-53 Netherlands: from the model pupil to a problem case - and back?
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 54-55 How large is the Keynesian multiplier in Germany?
by Frank Westermann - 55-56 Ifo Business Survey for May 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
May 2004, Volume 57, Issue 10
- 03-17 Special economic zone or promotion of growth centres - how should eastern Germany be assisted in future?
by Klaus von Dohnanyi & Matthias Platzeck & Joachim Weimann & Helmut Seitz & Martin Gillo - 18-26 Metal processing trades can hope for recovery
by Hans-Dieter Karl - 27-30 Leasing: First-quarter business climate only marginally improved - still no growth in total investment spending in the economy in sight
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 31-40 Spain: Dynamic economy and its negative aspects
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 41-42 Slightly improved borrowing climate
by Christian Hott & André Kunkel
May 2004, Volume 57, Issue 09
- 03-09 Resolution of the Medium and Small Business Union within the Christian Democratic/Christian Social Parties (Mittelstandsvereinigung der CDU/CSU) "Compulsory strike ballot under government supervision"
by Dieter Hundt & Michael Sommer & Manfred C. Hettlage - 10-17 Commentary on the draft law for intensifying the battle against illicit labour and the concomitant tax evasion
by Andrea Gebauer - 18-22 The draft training protection law: Effects and side effects
by Herbert Hofmann & Christian Holzner & Sonja Munz - 23-31 Greece: Clear slowdown of the economy after the Olympia boom
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 32-33 Ifo Architects' Survey: Further corrections in business expectations
by Erich Gluch
April 2004, Volume 57, Issue 08
- 03-46 The State of the World Economy and the German Economy in Spring 2004
by Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Forschungsinstitute - 47-48 Ifo Business Survey in April 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
April 2004, Volume 57, Issue 07
- 3-18 EU eastern enlargement and outsourcing: Opportunity or threat?
by Wilfried Fuhrmann & Stefanie Berchert & Gertraud Cellarius & Steffen Kinkel & Jürgen Weigand & Peter Kreutter - 19-27 Production, value added and employment in manufacturing
by Reinhard Hild - 28-36 Competitive pressure on German automobile production
by Peter Nunnenkamp - 37-40 Investments: Catching-up process in east Germany has stopped for the time being
by Erich Langmantel - 41-43 A leading indicator for the development of the gross domestic product
by Georg Goldrian - 44-48 Brewing industry - decline in beer sales despite the warm summer of 2003
by Matthias Balz - 49-53 EPD service providers: Upswing in economic activity gains pace
by Joachim Gürtler - 54-55 English ahead of German and French as a world language
by Franziska Jerosch - 55-56 Ifo Business Survey in March 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
March 2004, Volume 57, Issue 06
- 3-20 Do we need a training levy?
by Dieter Philipp & Dorothea Alewell & Michael Knipper & Bernhard Nagel & Roman Jaich & Gerhard Bosch - 21-24 The costs and benefits of training for companies
by Ludger Wößmann - 25-30 Structural reform of regional social welfare
by Rüdiger Parsche & Thomas Hanfstingl & Korbinian Leitner - 31-37 Monetary policy in the United States – the Fed in the interest-rate trap?
by Gerhard Illing - 38-45 Optimism budding slowly in Europe’s construction industry
by Volker Rußig - 46-52 Innovation activity in manufacturing in 2003: Decline halted but no all-clear signal
by Horst Penzkofer - 53-57 An Ifo employment indicator
by Christian Hott & André Kunkel - 58-67 Austria: Economic recovery with intensified structural change
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
March 2004, Volume 57, Issue 05
- 5-19 Is the abolition of tax-deductible transportation costs economically grounded?
by Wolfram F. Richter & Peter Bareis & Matthias Wrede & Martin Gasche - 20-27 Means of production taxation in agriculture: In Germany relatively high burden in comparison with important EU competitor countries
by Doina Radulescu - 28-34 Economic growth in the system of national accounts: the introduction of the previous-year price base in the German statistics
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 35-41 To 2006 a renewed decline in housing completions in Europe
by Volker Rußig - 42-50 Belgium: Favourable business trend as the economy and social-policy environment stabilises
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze
February 2004, Volume 57, Issue 04
- 3-6 The Two-Prong Freiburg Strategy for Residential Property Promotion
by Bernd Raffelhüschen & Jörg Schoder - 7-10 Leasing: Further brightening of the business climate, but investment reluctance only slowly dissipating
by Joachim Gürtler & Arno Städtler - 11-17 Stabilisation of the housing demand at a low level
by Erich Gluch - 18-23 Upswing in economic activity gains strength worldwide
by Gernot Nerb & Anna Wolf - 24-32 Sweden: Economy driven by upswing in exports and domestic demand
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 34-35 Ifo Business Survey for February 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
February 2004, Volume 57, Issue 03
- 3-23 Single-plant bargaining versus collective agreements
by Hagen Lesch & Wernhard Möschel & Claus Schnabel & Martin Kannegiesser & Friedhelm Pfeiffer & Reinhard Bispinck & Hartmut Seifert - 24-25 Economic Outlook: 2004 global recovery - 2005 the US loses steam
by Jim O'Neill - 26-29 Economy economic activity 2003: Forecasting and reality
by Wolfgang Nierhaus - 30-38 Denmark: Continuing reform process brings economic strength
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 39-41 Demographic age quotients: The long-term trend in an international comparison
by Rigmar Osterkamp - 42-43 Ifo Business Survey for January 2004
by Hans Günter Russ
January 2004, Volume 57, Issue 02
- 1-44 A fraud-proof VAT system is not possible
by Dieter Ondracek - 5-9 The value-added tax is the Achilles heel of state revenue in Europe
by Gernot Mittler - 10-14 More fraud-resistant sales tax - an obligation for business and government finance
by Alfons Kühn - 15-20 Methods for combating VAT fraud - limitations and risks of the current VAT system
by Kurt Faltlhauser - 21-27 The value-added tax system in financial jurisprudence and from the viewpoint of legal protection
by Wilfried Wagner - 28-33 Scope for a reform from a European legal standpoint - case report from Austria
by Markus Achatz - 34-38 The Ifo model for reducing value-added tax fraud: First pay, then reimburse
by Hans-Werner Sinn & Rüdiger Parsche & Andrea Gebauer - 39-41 Taxation on transaction with a cross-check procedure
by Barbara Hendricks - 42-43 Value-added tax evasion and model approaches for its avoidance Tax-policy conference on 29 September 2003
by Christine Scheel
January 2004, Volume 57, Issue 01
- 3-9 How simple can a taxation system be?
by Hans-Wolfgang Arndt & Franz W. Wagner & Friedrich Merz - 10-13 Monstro simile - The end of co-determination
by Michael Adams - 14-23 Deflation, credit crunch, bank crisis - Will Germany's finance industry wake up from its (media) nightmare in 2004
by Stephan Paul & Stefan Stein & H. Jörg Thieme - 25-30 Economic effects of an earlier implementation of German tax reform
by Tobias Seidel & Frank Westermann - 31-34 Germany's trade with the EU accession countries
by Monika Ruschinski - 35-40 Western German manufacturing: Investment increase of 4% planned for 2004
by Annette Weichselberger - 41-49 Switzerland: Arduous march out of the economic valley
by Oscar-Erich Kuntze - 50-51 Early and late reforms: Long-term trends in public spending in 21 OECD countries
by Erich Gluch
December 2003, Volume 56, Issue 24
- 3-4 Industry policy in Europe: No old wine in new skins
by Wolfgang Arnold - 5-8 Portability of accrued reserves in private health insurance
by Volker Meier - 9-15 Wage differentiation in Central European industries
by Beate Henschel & Carsten Pohl - 16-42 Ifo Economic Forecast 2004: Recovery has begun
by Gebhard Flaig & Wolfgang Nierhaus & Wolfgang Meister & Oscar-Erich Kuntze & Andrea Gebauer & Erich Langmantel & Martin Meurers & Monika Ruschinski & Timo Wollmershäuser - 43-47 The booktrade hopes for an end to the sales lull
by Günter Weitzel - 48-49 Early and late reforms: Long-term trends in public spending in 21 OECD countries
by Rigmar Osterkamp - 50-51 Ifo Business Survey for December 2003
by Hans Günter Russ