Der Aufschwung in Deutschland setzt sich fort. In diesem Jahr dürfte das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt um 2,0 % und im kommenden Jahr um 2,2 % zulegen. Getragen wird der Aufschwung wie schon im ver - gangenen Jahr von der Binnenkonjunktur. Die Investitionen in neue Ausrüstungen werden...

Am 28. Januar 2014 veranstaltete das ifo Institut gemeinsam mit dem Bayerischen Handwerkstag ein Symposium unter dem Titel »Energiewende 2.0 – Was getan werden muss, um unsere Energieversorgung wieder auf ein sicheres Fundament zu stellen!«. Die Veranstaltung unter der Moderation von Ursula...

The process of globalization causes an increasing intensity of institutional competition, i.e. competition among national suppliers of institutional arrangements for mobile factors. This often leads to the conclusion that the competence of national economic policy actors is decreasing. As a...

"The objective of this paper is to present a short survey of our new research results to mobility and stability of employment on a micro level. This area of conflict is analyzed from an individual and a firm's perspective, taking institutional issues into account. More than previous studies, we...

"There is no simple answer to the question of the potential impact of migration on the EU economy. EU migration policy is expected to meet the requirements of economic and social policy, in particular of the Lisbon Agenda, as well as national cultural, political, strategic and security...