Content
November 2009, Volume 44, Issue 6
- 353-359 Working for little money: Does Germany really need a minimum wage?
by Gerhard Bosch & Claudia Weinkopf - 360-363 Inequality in emerging countries: Trends, interpretations, and implications for development and poverty reduction
by Stephan Klasen - 364-372 Fiscal policy and the recession: The case of Greece
by Ersi Athanassiou
September 2009, Volume 44, Issue 5
- 262-263 The Pittsburgh G20 summit
by Ignazio Angeloni - 295-299 The EU’s new competition policy standards
by Ralf Boscheck - 300-308 The “Hottest Topic” of the budgetary review: Will the CAP survive?
by Andrea Elekes & Péter Halmai - 309-316 Strengthening the resilience of an economy
by Karl Aiginger - 317-323 Fiscal stimulus and its effects in the European Union
by István Benczes
July 2009, Volume 44, Issue 4
- 194-195 Lisbon Treaty — Karlsruhe rules
by Edward Best - 196-202 Trust, confidence and economic crisis
by Fran Tonkiss - 203-208 The effect of the financial crisis on systemic trust
by Felix Roth - 208-214 Financial crisis and information gaps
by Bernd Braasch - 215-225 Bad bank(s) and the recapitalisation of the banking sector
by Dorothea Schäfer & Klaus Zimmermann - 226-230 Economic crises in the thirties and today
by Christoph Buchheim - 231-237 Monetary policy and commodity price shocks
by Silke Tober & Tobias Zimmermann - 238-245 EU competition policy: Article 82 EC and the notion of substantial part of the common market
by Leigh Davison - 246-254 Economic and social turbulence in Greece: the product markets are a no-brainer, the labour market is not
by Michael Mitsopoulos & Theodore Pelagidis - 255-260 Why Europe will suffer more
by Daniel Gros & Cinzia Alcidi
May 2009, Volume 44, Issue 3
- 130-131 Impact of the economic crisis on climate change
by Frank Convery - 142-148 Financial markets and exchange-rate regimes in transition to EMU
by Alena Kimakova - 149-158 Of markets, products and prices: The effects of the euro on European firms
by Lionel Fontagné & Thierry Mayer & Gianmarco Ottaviano - 159-165 Revenue windfalls and expenditure slippages: Disappointing implementation of the reformed stability and growth pact
by Astrid Lemmer & Dan Stegarescu - 166-176 The impact of banking behaviour on monetary strategy in Europe
by Manfred Borchert - 177-184 The reform of the EU budget: Finding new own resources
by Rui Alves & Oscar Afonso - 185-192 Globalisation, trade, and growth: A macroeconomic perspective
by Michael Bräuninger & Henning Vöpel
March 2009, Volume 44, Issue 2
- 70-71 “Murky protectionism” in Europe: How should binding rules be evaluated in tough times?
by Simon Evenett - 82-89 Distributional issues in the context of the economic crisis in Europe
by Andrew Watt - 90-95 Current account deficits in the new member states: Causes and consequences
by Robert Shelburne - 96-104 Service offshoring
by Welf Werner - 105-113 The evolution and convergence of OECD tax systems
by Johannes Becker & May Elsayyad - 114-128 Ten years EMU — Reality test for the OCA endogeneity hypothesis, economic divergences and future challenges
by Jürgen Matthes
January 2009, Volume 44, Issue 1
- 2-3 Cracks in Euroland and no way out
by Heiner Flassbeck & Friederike Spiecker - 4-22 The case against a common fiscal boost in Europe
by Holger Schmieding - 23-29 The cyclical impact of EU cohesion policy in fast growing EU countries
by Christophe Kamps & Nadine Leiner-Killinger & Reiner Martin - 30-40 Incentives for investments in next generation access and customer choice: a dichotomy?
by Ernst-Olav Ruhle & Wolfgang Reichl - 41-48 The economic and social impact of telecommunications output
by Raul Katz - 49-58 A Long and thorny road
by Stormy Mildner & Oliver Ziegler - 59-68 Do we need a European lender of last resort?
by Uwe Vollmer
November 2008, Volume 43, Issue 6
- 314-315 The Obama moment
by Eileen Appelbaum - 316-340 Still in democratic deficit
by Christopher Lord - 341-348 How much inevitable US-Euro Area interdependence is there in monetary policy?
by Sylvester Eijffinger - 349-358 The impact of sovereign wealth funds on global financial markets
by Roland Beck & Michael Fidora - 359-370 European knowledge societies (plural)
by Marcel Hoogenboom & Willem Trommel & Duco Bannink - 371-376 The influence of retirement systems on the free movement of persons in the European Union
by Anna Bluj - 377-380 Policymakers and the R&D-patent relationship
by Bruno Pottelsberghe de la Potterie & Gaétan Rassenfosse
September 2008, Volume 43, Issue 5
- 254-255 Financial Crisis: High Cost of “non Europe”
by Daniel Gros - 256-266 Lessons from the Financial Crisis: New Rules for Central Banks and Credit Rating Agencies?
by Paul Grauwe & Thomas Mayer & Karel Lannoo - 268-276 Emerging Markets and the Global Monetary System: The Challenge of Rising Inflation
by Hermann Remsperger & Adalbert Winkler - 277-281 Off-label Drugs vs. the Merits of Centralised Regulatory Control
by Ralf Boscheck - 282-288 Comparing the Administrative and Financial Autonomy of Higher Education Institutions in 7 EU Countries
by Michael Mitsopoulos & Theodore Pelagidis - 288-297 The Russian Tax System and Its International Competitiveness
by Alexander Pogorletskiy & Fritz Söllner - 298-312 Regionalisation of Trade and Regionalism in Trade Policy – Patterns, Strategies and Impact
by Georg Koopmann & Lars Vogel
July 2008, Volume 43, Issue 4
- 182-183 From Unity in Diversity to Variable Geometry?
by Edward Best - 184-218 Health Systems and Health Reform in Europe
by Melanie Lisac & Kerstin Blum & Sophia Schlette & Hans Maarse & Yvette Bartholomée & David McDaid & Adam Oliver & Ignacio Abásolo & Beatriz Lopez-Valcarcel & Gianluca Fiorentini & Matteo Lippi Bruni & Cristina Ugolini & Eszter Sinkó - 220-225 Europe's R&D: Missing the Wrong Targets?
by Bruno Pottelsberghe de la Potterie - 226-235 Do We Really Need a European Agency for Market Regulation?
by Christian Koenig & Sascha Loetz & Sonja Fechtner - 236-244 The Motivation of Entrepreneurs: Are Employed Managers and Self-employed Owners Different?
by Norbert Berthold & Michael Neumann - 246-252 The Co-evolution of Semantics and Policy Paradigms: 50 Years of Europe's Common Agricultural Policy
by Martin Petrick
May 2008, Volume 43, Issue 3
- 124-134 Europe Needs More Lisbon to Make the ICT Investments Effective
by Salvador Barrios & Jean-Claude Burgelman - 135-148 The Happy Few: The Internationalisation of European Firms
by Thierry Mayer & Gianmarco Ottaviano - 149-162 Economic Impacts of Alternative Uses of the Digital Dividend
by Simon Forge & Colin Blackman & Erik Bohlin - 163-175 Modelling EU FDI Deflection Between the New EU Member States and Chinese Provinces
by Xiaojun Wei & Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan - 176-180 Has the International Fragmentation of German Exports Passed Its Peak?
by Udo Ludwig & Hans-Ulrich Brautzsch
March 2008, Volume 43, Issue 2
- 66-67 Transatlantic Differences in Real Estate Bubbles?
by Daniel Gros - 68-111 Flexicurity – a European Approach to Labour Market Policy
by Sonja Bekker & Ton Wilthagen & Per Kongshøj Madsen & Jianping Zhou & Ralf Rogowski & Maarten Keune & Andranik Tangian - 112-120 The Relations between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean
by Michael Krakowski
January 2008, Volume 43, Issue 1
- 4-15 A Primer on Network Neutrality
by Rob Frieden - 15-24 Network Neutrality and Competition between Networks: a Brief Sketch of the Issues
by Viktória Kocsis & Paul Bijl - 25-30 Network Neutrality and Quality of Service
by Jörn Kruse - 30-37 Network Neutrality: The Roots of the Debate in the United States
by J. Marcus - 38-50 From Static to Dynamic Regulation
by Johannes Bauer & Erik Bohlin - 51-64 Chances of Contestability in Communications
by Wolfgang Briglauer & Kurt Reichinger
November 2007, Volume 42, Issue 6
- 290-291 Intereconomics – a Platform for Economic Policy Debate
by Brigitte Preissl - 292-310 Vertical Unbundling in the EU Electricity Sector
by Michael Pollitt & Stephen Davies* & Catherine Waddams Price* & Justus Haucap & Machiel Mulder** & Victoria Shestalova & Gijsbert Zwart - 311-316 Treaty Reform: Consequences for Monetary Policy
by Sylvester Eijffinger - 317-321 Bank of England: a View from Frankfurt
by Hans-Helmut Kotz - 322-334 The Lisbon Strategy and the Quality of Public Finances
by Angelika Pasterniak - 335-340 Europe's Leading Cities – Success Factors and Policy Perspectives
by Michael Bräuninger & Silvia Stiller
September 2007, Volume 42, Issue 5
- 234-235 Will the Bali Spirit Point the Way?
by Axel Michaelowa - 236-259 Competing Regionalism – Patterns, Economic Impact and Implications for the Multilateral Trading System
by Stephen Woolcock & Claude Barfield & Donald MacLaren & Georg Koopmann - 260-266 Preferential Rules of Origin and the Multilateral Trading System: Pro-Development Policy Options
by Philippe Lombaerde & Luis Jorge Garay - 267-280 Exchange-rate Regimes and the Transition Process in the Western Balkans
by Ansgar Belke & Albina Zenkić - 281-284 European Transport Policy in a Broader Perspective
by Georg Jarzembowski* - 285-288 Slower Price Rises in Commodity Markets
by Klaus Matthies
July 2007, Volume 42, Issue 4
- 178-179 Mr. Sarkozy and the EMU
by Carsten Hefeker - 205-218 Are EU Non-Reciprocal Trade Preferences Passé?
by Matthew McQueen - 218-225 The "New" Stability and Growth Pact: More Flexible, Less Stupid?
by Rui Alves & Oscar Afonso - 226-232 Growth Potential for Maritime Trade and Ports in Europe
by Harald Grossmann & Alkis Otto & Silvia Stiller & Jan Wedemeier
May 2007, Volume 42, Issue 3
- 114-115 Turkey's Full EU Membership – Still a Realistic Perspective?
by Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet - 116-142 Corporate Taxes in the European Union
by Margit Schratzenstaller & Johannes Becker & Clemens Fuest & Christina Elschner & Michael Overesch & Bernd Genser* & Dirk Schindler* & Gaëtan Nicodème** - 143-155 EU Commercial Policy in a Multipolar Trading System
by Simon Evenett - 156-166 German Investment in Ireland and in the Central and East European Countries
by Xiaojun Wei & Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan & Michael Wuntsch - 167-176 Expensive Living: The Greek Experience under the Euro
by Theodore Pelagidis & Taun Toay
March 2007, Volume 42, Issue 2
- 62-63 Why Do We Have to Have a New Treaty Now?
by Edward Best - 64-95 The Climate Policy of the European Union
by Margareta Kulessa* & Sven Bode & Sebastian Oberthür** & Jason Anderson & Rainer Walz & Wolfgang Schade & Claus Doll - 96-104 Embracing Free Trade: The EU's Economic Partnership with Algeria
by Ahmed Aghrout - 105-108 “Burden of Debt” in HIPC Countries in the Light of Current Account Statistics
by Malte Krüger & Florian Morath - 109-112 Commodity Prices Remain High
by Klaus Matthies
January 2007, Volume 42, Issue 1
- 2-3 Atlantic Integration–Don't Discard It for the Wrong Reasons!
by Jens Scherpenberg - 4-31 The EU on the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome
by Wolf Schäfer & Ansgar Belke & Thorsten Polleit & Sylvester Eijffinger* & Secondo Tarditi - 32-42 Institutions, Governance and Economic Growth in the EU: Is There a Role for the Lisbon Strategy?
by Annette Bongardt* & Francisco Torres** - 43-53 Bank of Japan versus Eurosystem
by Ralf Bebenroth & Uwe Vollmer* - 54-60 The European Budget in the Years 2007 to 2013 and the Common Agricultural Policy
by Karl Hausner
November 2006, Volume 41, Issue 6
- 290-291 Towards a European Migration Policy
by Thomas Straubhaar - 292-313 The Liberalisation of Rail Transport in the EU
by Alexander Eisenkopf & Christian Kirchner & Georg Jarzembowski* & Johannes Ludewig & Werner Rothengatter & Gerard McCullough** - 314-327 A Social and Economic Model for Europe
by Marcel Canoy* & Peter Smith* - 328-336 Market-testing Healthcare: Managed Care, Market Evolution and the Search for Regulatory Principles
by Ralf Boscheck - 337-340 Oil Market at a Turning Point?
by Klaus Matthies
September 2006, Volume 41, Issue 5
- 238-239 Inadequate IMF Reform
by Carsten Hefeker - 240-257 Subsidiarity in the European Union
by Klaus-Dirk Henke* & Wolf Schäfer & Jacques Pelkmans & Ian Cooper - 258-267 EU Merger Control and the Compatibility Test Revisited
by Leigh Davison - 268-271 The EU Water Framework Directive: Meeting the Global Call for Regulatory Guidance?
by Ralf Boscheck - 272-281 Market Constellations and Macroeconomic Policymaking: Institutional Impacts on Economic Performance
by Arne Heise - 282-288 The EU and Turkey—Economic Effects of Turkey’s Full Membership
by Konrad Lammers
July 2006, Volume 41, Issue 4
- 174-175 The Fifth EU Enlargement Round: Two Years On
by Andreas Polkowski - 176-199 Culture and Economics
by Nils Goldschmidt* & Joachim Zweynert** & Birger Nerré & Heiko Schuß - 201-208 Reforming Federalism German Style
by Thomas Döring* & Stefan Voigt** - 209-215 Welfare State and Taxation in Russia: the Contradictions of the Unified Social Tax
by Andrei Kuznetsov & Lubov Goncharenko - 216-229 The Reorientation of Transition Countries’ Exports: Changes in Quantity, Quality and Variety
by Yener Kandogan - 231-236 Institutional Prerequisites of Economic Partnership Agreements
by Axel Borrmann & Matthias Busse
May 2006, Volume 41, Issue 3
- 122-123 Doha Round—Squaring the Triangles
by Georg Koopmann - 124-141 The US Dollar and the Euro as International Currencies
by Ramkishen Rajan & Jose Kiran & Carsten Hefeker & Gunther Schnabl - 142-150 Index of Perceived Inflation or EU Consumer Surveys?
by Johannes Hoffmann & Hans-Albert Leifer & Andreas Lorenz - 151-158 A Proposal for the Efficient Taxation of All Business Income in the EU
by Lorenz Jarass* & Gustav Obermair - 159-168 Regional Policy in the Americas: The EU Experience as a Guide for North-South Integration?
by Gerda Roozendaal - 169-172 Raw Material Prices at New Record Highs
by Klaus Matthies
March 2006, Volume 41, Issue 2
- 58-59 The Threat of Economic Patriotism
by Hans-Hagen Härtel - 78-92 Minimum Wage Regulations in Selected European Countries
by Lothar Funk & Hagen Lesch - 93-99 Change at the ECB Executive Board
by Sylvester Eijffinger* - 100-103 The Need for a European Fiscal Policy
by W. Heijman - 104-107 Reform of the EU Sugar Market
by Matthias Busse & Franziska Jerosch - 108-114 The US Current Account Deficit: Stocktaking and Remedies
by Wolfgang Filc & Kenan Šehovic - 115-120 The WTO Compatibility of the Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and the ACP Countries
by Axel Borrmann & Harald Großmann & Georg Koopmann
July 2005, Volume 40, Issue 4
- 201-216 Enhanced Cooperation: the Ultimate Challenge of Managing Diversity in Europe
by Norberto Nuno Gomes de Andrade*
May 2005, Volume 40, Issue 3
- 141-147 On a Reformed Stability and Growth Pact
by Sylvester Eijffinger* - 148-157 The New EC Merger Control Regulation: Guaranteeing the Effectiveness of the Architecture of Separate Jurisdictional Zones?
by Leigh Davison* - 158-168 Progress or Stagnation?
by Stormy Mildner* & Welf Werner** - 169-176 EU/ACP Economic Partnership Agreements: Impact, Options and Prerequisites
by Axel Borrmann & Matthias Busse & Silke Neuhaus*
March 2005, Volume 40, Issue 2
- 54-55 Europe’s Demographic Challenge
by Klaus Kwasniewski - 75-88 Healthcare Reforms and Governance Concerns
by Ralf Boscheck* - 89-99 Effective Company Taxation in Poland – Some Methodological Considerations and Empirical Results
by Margit Schratzenstaller* - 100-112 Offshore Outsourcing
by Georg Erber* & Aida Sayed-Ahmed** - 113-116 Commodity Prices at Record Level
by Klaus Matthies*
January 2005, Volume 40, Issue 1
- 22-28 The Communication Policy of the European Central Bank
by Britta Kuhn - 29-35 The International Competitiveness of Germany and other European Economies: The Assessment of the Global Competitiveness Report
by Ralf Fendel & Michael Frenkel - 36-45 The Promotion of Renewable Energies and Sustainability
by Verena Holzer - 46-52 Rapid Expansion of the World Economy
by Günter Weinert
November 2004, Volume 39, Issue 6
- 286-287 The euro is our currency, and the dollar is your problem
by Thomas Straubhaar - 288-292 Turkey and the EU: On the costs and benefits of integrating a small but dynamic economy
by Ansgar Belke - 292-295 Turkey and the borders of Europe
by Carsten Hefeker - 295-300 Turkey's EU accession: Political, economic and security considerations
by Wolfgang Quaisser & Steve Wood - 300-303 Economic aspects of the accession of Turkey to the European Union
by Sübidey Togan - 305-309 How far away is Europe?
by Rainer Schweickert - 310-313 Healthcare rationing and patient rights
by Ralf Boscheck - 314-320 Romanian competition policy
by J. Hans Maks & Christoph Witte - 321-330 New ways of achieving debt sustainability beyond the enhanced HIPC Initiative
by Kathrin Berensmann - 332-336 Climate policy challenges after the Kyoto Protocol enters into force
by Axel Michaelowa
September 2004, Volume 39, Issue 5
- 234-235 Hooked on Oil
by Klaus Matthies - 236-241 Euro adoption and growth in Central Europe: Managing a political process
by Michael Bolle & Thomas Meyer - 241-246 EMU entry strategies for the new member states
by Paul Grauwe & Gunther Schnabl - 247-253 Fiscal consolidation in the new EU member states and their accession to EMU
by Miklós Losoncz - 254-263 External causes of Euro zone inflation differentials
by Ivo Arnold & Bastiaan Verhoef - 264-270 Industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe
by Lothar Funk & Hagen Lesch - 271-279 Place marketing in Europe
by Gert-Jan Hospers - 280-284 Global economy gathering strength
by Günther Weinert
July 2004, Volume 39, Issue 4
- 178-179 Monetary policy for a larger Europe
by Carsten Hefeker - 180-182 A minimum corporate tax rate in the EU combines the best of two worlds
by Ruud Mooij - 183-186 A minimum corporate tax rate would be harmful for both high and low tax countries
by Clemens Fuest & Winfried Fuest - 186-189 A minimum rate without a common base?
by Alexander Klemm - 190-203 An assessment of the effectiveness of the monetary dialogue on the ECB’s accountability and transparency: A qualitative approach
by Sylvester Eijffinger & Edin Mujagic - 204-212 An economic analysis of EC guidelines on state aid for the rescue and restructuring of companies in difficulty
by Phedon Nicolaides & Michael Kekelekis - 213-221 How does the Community wish to revitalise its railways?
by Arnd Busche - 222-228 Contagion, herding and exchange-rate instability — A survey
by Ansgar Belke & Ralph Setzer - 229-232 Germany being dragged along by global recovery
by Eckhardt Wohlers
May 2004, Volume 39, Issue 3
- 114-115 Europe after enlargement: What’s next?
by Carsten Hefeker - 116-118 Greenhouse gas emissions trading in the European Union — Background and implementation of a “new” climate policy instrument
by Sonja Butzengeiger & Axel Michaelowa - 119-121 Emissions trading in Europe: Effective tool or flight of fancy?
by Claudia Kemfert & Jochen Diekmann & Hans-Joachim Ziesing - 121-123 EU emissions trading and transaction costs for small and medium sized companies
by Joachim Schleich & Regina Betz - 123-127 The role of the verifier: Validation and verification in “cap & trade” and “baseline & credit” systems
by Werner Betzenbichler - 127-130 The German national allocation plan — A critical analysis taking into account important findings of the pilot project emission trading north
by Katja Barzantny & Michael Klein & Martin Kruska & Michael Hahn - 131-131 German NAP punishes early actions on GHG reduction
by Jens-Peter Wegner - 132-141 How will the enlargement affect the old members of the European Union?
by Konrad Lammers - 142-146 Europe prepares for a single financial market
by Christa Randzio-Plath - 147-156 Restructuring Europe’s Rustbelt
by Gert-Jan Hospers - 157-166 Corporate social responsibility and the development agenda
by Wilfried Luetkenhorst - 167-176 Convergence, trade and factor mobility in the European Union — Implications for enlargement and regional policy
by Annekatrin Niebuhr & Friso Schlitte
March 2004, Volume 39, Issue 2
- 58-59 The EU, the USA and the WTO — An uneasy relationship
by Georg Koopmann - 60-68 May day! — Mayday? Is the European Union ready for enlargement?
by Edward Best & Simon Duke & Phedon Nicolaides - 69-75 Ready, steady, go? How prepared are the new EU members for full integration?
by László Csaba - 76-83 The road to adopting the Euro
by Switgard Feuerstein & Oliver Grimm - 84-96 An economic analysis of the EU Commission’s proposal for a new consumer credit directive
by Wim Kösters & Stephan Paul & Stefan Stein - 97-102 Towards the conformity of infrastructure policy with European laws
by Torsten Steinrücken & Sebastian Jaenichen - 102-108 Ageing societies and challenges for collective bargaining policy
by Hagen Lesch - 109-112 Asian demand pushes up commodity prices
by Klaus Matthies
January 2004, Volume 39, Issue 1
- 2-3 Question marks over enlargement
by Hans Scharrer - 4-7 The illegal employment of Foreign workers: an overview
by Christina Boswell & Thomas Straubhaar - 7-10 The demand for illegal migration and market outcomes
by Horst Entorf & Jochen Moebert - 11-13 Do illegal migrants compete with national workers?
by Alessandra Venturini - 14-17 The protection of illegally employed foreign workers: Mission impossible?
by Christiane Kuptsch - 18-20 Policy responses to unauthorized or irregular workers
by Philip Martin