Political values are a central motivation for political behavior, prompting significant research programs in political science and public opinion research, but rigorous efforts to compare any two such research programs are rare, which creates barriers to developing theory and improved...

Insgesamt ist festzustellen, dass die Reform die in sie gesteckten Ziele nur bedingt erfüllt. Einerseits fallen die Steuerentlastungen von Unternehmen geringer aus als ursprünglich geplant, so dass es fraglich ist, ob der Steuerstandort Deutschland nachhaltig an Attraktivität gewinnt. ...

Die Millenniumserklärung und die in ihr enthaltenen Millennium-Entwicklungsziele(MDGs) haben die Zustimmung so vieler Staaten und ihrer Regierungschefs gewonnenwie kaum ein multilaterales Übereinkommen zuvor. Sie haben das Gesicht derweltweiten Entwicklungszusammenarbeit verändert. Kritikern...

CII Introduction: last month’s Mumbai terrorist attacks were a reminder that the international terrorist threat remains real and varied. While the security services work to prevent further atrocities, the corporate world and the insurance industry can also help by demonstrating that business...

This study analyzes a two-country dynamic general equilibrium model with nominal rigidities,monopolistic competition and producer currency pricing. A quadratic approximation to the utility ofthe consumers is derived and assumed as the policy objective function of the policymakers.It is shown...

Comparative welfare state research has argued for some time that it makes a difference in regards to the specific welfare state design whether Social Democrats or Christian Democrats are in government. The theory is based on the fact that historically the social policy aims of Social Democrats...