As Europe moves toward an integrated academic system, European economics is changing. This book discusses that change, along with the changes that are happening simultaneously within the economic profession. The authors argue that modern economics can no longer usefully be described as...

As OECD countries emerge from the global financial crisis, several countries have published their plans for the development of a future bioeconomy, an economy in which bio-based materials and production techniques will contribute significantly to economic and environmental sustainability. Such...

Der Mittelstand gilt als tragende Säule der deutschen Wirtschaft, doch die Rolle der dort tätigen Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer wird oft mit Skepsis betrachtet. Ihre weitgehend unkontrollierte Entscheidungsmacht wird eher als Problem denn als Chance für den Unternehmenserfolg gesehen....

In this paper, we study the dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1995-2011. Rates of benefit receipt were stable in Germany at around 8% in the 1990s but started rising in 2001 to peak at over...