Roland Berger, Clemens Fuest, Hans-Werner Sinn, Christoph Theis und Peter-Alexander Wacker stellen ihre Vorschläge für eine neue Strategie in der Energiepolitik vor, die beim Jahrestreffen der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschung (Freunde des ifo Instituts)...

Energy is primarily a private good but also has public goods characteristics. The EU's traditional strategy to cater to the strategic goods element - energy security - was the liberal market model. The Ukraine crisis has fundamentally put the liberal model in question. The present EU measures...

Energy is primarily a private good but also has public goods characteristics. The EU’s traditional strategy to cater to the strategic goods element - energy security - was the liberal market model. The Ukraine crisis has fundamentally put the liberal model in question. The present EU measures...

Not all member states are equally eager or able to participate in all aspects of integration, and the impact of EU policy on the member states varies across states and policy sectors. Whereas much of the literature on differentiated integration has focused primarily on formal opt-outs, this...

Microfinance is often hailed both as a tool for fighting poverty and as a tool for post-conflict reconciliation. This paper explores the use of microfinance in post-civil war Bosnia and Herzegovina, assessing its results in terms of both goals. As it combined high unemployment with a highly...