This paper presents a positive model which shows that institutional setups on capital and labor markets might be intertwined by politicoeconomic forces. Some countries especially in continental Europe exhibit a corporatist politicoeconomic equilibrium with a sustantial protection of insiders on...

In den vergangenen Monaten haben sich die Frühindikatoren deutlich verbessert. Die konjunkturelle Dynamik dürfte in der ersten Jahreshälfte deutlich höher gewesen sein, als von uns im vergangenen März geschätzt wurde. Für das Jahr 2010 insgesamt prognostizieren wir einen Anstieg des...

Strengthening potential output is high on the agenda for economic policy in the European Union. While there is widespread agreement that structural policies have a positive impact on long-term growth, there is a controversial discussion whether coordination of macroeconomic policies can...

Using a newly constructed macroeconometric model for Germany and the rest of the Euro area, we investigate the macroeconomic effects of structural labor market reforms in Germany. We find that neither the fact that Germany can no longer pursue an independent monetary policy nor the possibility...