For many observers the beginning of a dynamic economic and stock market upswing in the U.S. in the mid 1990s marked the start of a new era, the times of the new economy. This phenomenon has been under intense discussion ever since - both in the political arena as well as among scientists....

Main description: This volume contains the contributions of a conference dealing with the consequences of the European Monetary Union for the macroeconometric modelling of the Euro area, which took place in Essen in 2000. At the end of the conference the participants were convinced that the...

Main description: Der Band enthält die Beiträge zu einer gemeinsam vom Europäischen Zentrum für Staatswissenschaften und Staatspraxis (EZ) der FU, HU und TU Berlin und vom RWI durchgeführten Konferenz zur wirtschaftspolitischen Agenda für die Legislaturperiode 2002 bis 2006. Die...

Main description: The analysis of cyclical macroeconomic phenomena is an important field of econometric research. In the recent past, research interests have de-emphasized quantitative forecasting exercises and have addressed the qualitative diagnosis of the relative stance of the economy...