Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Frage der industriepolitischen Beeinflussung in asiatischen Ländern und ob es im Rahmen einer globalisierten Ökonomie, in der sich die Wissensbeständeim Abstand von 5 Jahren jeweils verdoppeln, auch weiterhin ein Erfolgsmodell sein wird.

Komplexe Produkte besitzen eine Komposition, die aufgrund der Globalisierung jede Art von nationaler Exklusivität verschwinden läßt, wenn es sie denn jemals gegeben hat.

This paper studies how dierent unionisation structures aect rm productivity, rmperformance, and consumer welfare in a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneousrms and free entry. While centralised bargaining induces tougher selection among hetero-geneous producers and thus increases...

The EU protects EU growers of 15 kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables against internationalcompetition not only by the means of ad valorem tariffs of up to 20%, but also by the EUentry-price system (EPS), which is designed to restrict imports below the product-specific,politically designated...

Im 20. Jahrhundert hat sich die Schweiz zu einemder weltweit führenden Finanzplätze entwickelt. DieBedeutung des Finanzplatzes für die SchweizerischeWirtschaft ist heute weit grösser als in den meistenvergleichbaren Ländern. Der Finanzplatz trägt damiteinen grossen Anteil zum Wohlstand der...

This paper develops a new open-economy endogenous growth modelwhere technology diffusion allows for a stable and non-degenerate world incomedistribution. In accordance with the empirical literature, I find that country characteristicssuch as the social infrastructure, the degree of openness, the...

BEA’s national economic statistics provide a comprehensive view of U.S. production, consumption, investment, exports and imports, and income and saving. These statistics are best known by summary measures such as gross domestic product (GDP), corporate profits, personal income and spending,...

The Survey of Professional Forecasters is the oldest quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts in the United States. The survey began in 1968 and was conducted by the American Statistical Association and the National Bureau of Economic Research. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia took...

This research report from the Milken Institute ranks U.S. metropolitan areas that are recording the top economic performance and creating the most jobs in the nation. The index is an outcomes-based measure as opposed to one that incorporates explicit measures of business costs, cost-of-living...