Entgegen der Regierungsmeinung, eine Preisexplosion im Wohnungsmarkt bremsen zu müssen, kommen wir zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Nettokaltmieten in Deutschland in den letzten 20 Jahren preisbereinigt sogar gesunken sind. Unsere Daten zeigen, dass nur einige Kreise stark ansteigende Preise...

The paper explores the basic features of structural change towards services for OECD countries in general and for Germany in particular. The determinants of sectoral shifts are analytically decomposed into the demandbias and the productivity-bias. The demand-bias, which prevails in all OECD...

The ongoing process of globalization, which is boosted by technological and political catalysts as well, increasingly raises public concerns. It is feared that international integration will be accompanied by national disintegration, since the income distribution in rich countries will become...