A high degree of de facto judicial Independence (JI) functions as a crucial precondition of governments to credibly commit to legislative decisions, such as respecting private property rights. Thus, de facto JI should improve the allocative efficiency and may therefore contribute positively to...

This paper studies attitudes about who should provide for the livelihood of the elderly in two aging societies, namely Germany and Japan. Applying an ordered logit model to individual data from representative public opinion surveys, it is analysed which socio-demographic, economic or political...

Die Wahl eines angemessenen Wechselkursregimes ist gerade in Zeiten einer zunehmenden Integration der Weltwirtschaft von großer Bedeutung. Die Theorie der "Unholy Trinity" postuliert, dass man unter der Restriktion eines freien Kapitalverkehrs nur die Wahl hat zwischen flexiblen Wechselkursen...