Kritiker des Flächentarifvertragssystems fordern,die Aushandlung von Löhnen und Arbeitszeitennoch stärker als bisher auf die betriebliche Ebenezu verlagern. Flächentarifverträge würden dieserAuffassung zufolge allenfalls noch Rahmenregelungenenthalten. Argumentiert wird hierbei...

This report is the first policy study of the China Economic Research and AdvisoryProgramme, in which eminent economists from China and abroad have participated. Thereport focuses on the problems faced by China in the reform of its social security system.On the basis of economic principles and...

This paper investigates the dynamics of the term structure of bond market illiquidity premia. We analyze the comovement of short-, medium-, and long-termilliquidity premia and identify economic factors determining them. Our resultsshow that the term structure of illiquidity premia is U-shaped on...