EMU started with eleven member countries as scheduled on January 1, 1999. The paper shows that the primacy of politics over economics in this decision could have serious consequences concerning the stability of EMU in the transition phase. Speculative attacks against currencies which are in...

Will Chancellor Schröder's alliance for employment, one of the central projects of his government, be able to deal effectively with the present employment crisis? Norbert Berthold and Rainer Hank show that the alliance will at best stabilize the employment crisis, at worst aggravate it. Using...

Der Beitrag diskutiert die Ursachen von Stagflation. Hierfür werden zunächst drei Kennzahlen abgeleitet, welche das Auftreten und die Stärke der Stagflation in der Weltwirtschaft und auf Länderebene abbilden. Im Anschluss wird anhand einer Reihe empirischer Schätzungen überprüft, welche...