The EU and the U.S. confront distinct factor market dynamics and common policy challenges. Labor market developments and long-term changes in capital markets and capital flows represent key problems in aging societies. The analyses presented here compare the European and U.S. patterns in this...

Economic globalization is a complex phenomenon where the links between social security expenditures and globalization are not well understood so far. This study summarizes new key findings and highlights new theoretical insights in the field of social security systems, labor standards, taxation...

Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre -- Makroökonomische Analyse -- Probleme der Wirtschaftspolitik und Wirtschaftsordnung -- Konzeptionen der Wirtschaftspolitik -- Funktionsweise von Märkten und Marktversagen -- Wettbewerbspolitik -- Wirtschaftliche Integration und Globalisierung.

Introduction -- I Sustainability Economics and Resources -- II International Analysis -- III Rebound Effects in Economics -- IV Modelling the Use of Resources in Economies -- V Outlook on Sustainable Resource Management

Globalization, Specialization and Innovation Dynamics.- Savings, Investment and Growth: New Approaches for Macroeconomic Modeling -- Economic Integration, Technological Progress and Growth -- Impact of the Real Exchange Rate on Trade, Structural Change and Growth -- Macroeconomic Aspects of...

States that modern macroeconomics suffers from an unclear link between short-term Keynesian analysis and long-term growth modeling. This book maintains that analysis suggests fresh approaches to innovations in open economies in many ways, including the Schumpeterian Mundell-Fleming model and new...

Modern macroeconomics suffers from an unclear link between short-term Keynesian analysis and long-term growth modelling. This book presents a new link between monetary analysis and growth modelling in open economies. Structural change, innovations and growth are considered from a new...