We compute public sector performance (PSP) and efficiency (PSE) indicators, comprising a composite and seven sub-indicators, for 23 industrialised countries. The first four sub-indicators are u0093opportunityu0094 indicators that take into account administrative, education and health outcomes...

In this paper we assess the importance given in capital markets to the credibility of the European fiscal framework. We evaluate to which extent relevant fiscal policy events taking place in the course of 2002 produced a reaction in the long-term bond segment of the capital markets. Firstly, we...

In seiner Rede beim 3. Munich Economic Summit am 18. Juni 2004 nahm Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Sinn Stellung zur neuen EU-Freizügigkeitsrichtlinie. Er warnte vor einer Gefahr der Erosion des Sozialstaates, die durch die Freizügigkeit und volle soziale Inklusion entstehen werde....