Über einige Jahrzehnte wurden die deutschen Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitute mit unterschiedlichen wirtschaftspolitischen Ausrichtungen in Verbindung gebracht. Eine neue Studie untersucht diese Ausrichtungen anhand der Minderheitsvoten bei der Gemeinschaftsdiagnose von 1950 bis 2014.

In der zweiten Umfrage des Ökonomenpanels stand die mögliche Beschränkung von Bargeldzahlungen im Mittelpunkt. Eine Mehrheit der Umfrageteilnehmer spricht sich gegen eine Einschränkung von Bargeldzahlungen aus.

We examine whether government ideology was correlated with the growth in military expenditure in Germany over the period 1951-2011. By using various measures of government ideology, the results do not show any effect. The exception is an ideology measure based on the Comparative Manifesto...

Economists, and also economic research institutes, differ in their attitudes towards desirability of economic policies. The policy positions taken can often be determined by ideology. We examine economic policy positions by investigating minority votes in the Joint Economic Forecast of German...

This paper describes the empirical evidence on partisan politics in OECD panel studies. I elaborate on the research designs, the measurement of government ideology and why the empirical studies do not and cannot derive causal effects. Discussing about 100 panel data studies, the results indicate...

This paper describes the role of government ideology on economic policy-making in the United States. I consider studies using data for the national, state and local level and elaborate on checks and balances, especially divided government, measurement of government ideology and empirical...

Economists, and also economic research institutes, differ in their attitudes towards desirability of economic policies. The policy positions taken can often be determined by ideology. We examine economic policy positions by investigating minority votes in the Joint Economic Forecast of German...