Die Jahre vor der Finanzkrise waren durch ein rasches Produktionswachstum in der Weltwirtschaft insgesamt, vor allem aber durch ein beeindruckendes Wachstum der BRIC-Staaten und weiterer Schwellenländer gekennzeichnet. Nach Ansicht von Thomas Mirow, Präsident der European Bank for...

This paper reviews the empirical literature on rates of return on R&D and interprets the economic significance of these estimates using a semi-endogenous growth model with a calibrated knowledge production sector. We analyse how R&D subsidies, a reduction of entry barriers for start-ups and...

Die Jahre vor der Finanzkrise waren durch ein rasches Produktionswachstum in der Weltwirtschaft insgesamt, vor allem aber durch ein beeindruckendes Wachstum der BRIC-Staaten und weiterer Schwellenländer gekennzeichnet. Nach Ansicht von Thomas Mirow, Präsident der European Bank for...

In this paper we provide an overview of the growth model in China and its prospects, taking a medium-run to long-run perspective. Our main conclusions are as follows. First, the still prevailing producer-biased model of managed capitalism in China tends to engender, as an inherent byproduct,...

In this paper we provide an overview of the growth model in China and its prospects, taking a medium-run to long-run perspective. Our main conclusions are as follows. First, the still prevailing producer-biased model of managed capitalism in China tends to engender, as an inherent byproduct,...

The recovery from the Global Financial Crisis was characterized by sluggish output growth and by inflation remaining persistently below the inflation targets of central banks in many advanced economies despite an unprecedented monetary expansion. Ten years after the Global Financial Crisis, GDP...

The main objective of this research project was to analyse the relationship between growth and employment. The employment intensity of growth was measured and compared within the EU and with other industrial countries. The study has in particular focussed on the institutional arrangements on the...