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Ökonomie des Sozialstaats
Breyer, Friedrich; Buchholz, Wolfgang - 2009
untersucht, wie der Sozialstaat reformiert werden kann, damit er den zukünftigen Herausforderungen, vor allem Arbeitslosigkeit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471775
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Social Models, Growth and the International Monetary System: Implications for Europe and the United States
Costabile, Lilia; Scazzieri, Roberto - 2006
This paper explores the relationship between economic growth and the welfare state. We argue that: (i) the institutional constraints set by the international monetary system may be at least as effective determinants of growth differentials between countries as the different dimensions of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468222
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"Policy Adjustment Under International Constraints: Sequences of Challenges and Responses"
Hemerijck, Anton; Schludi, Martin. - 1999
Since the early 1970s, the scope for national social and economic policy in advanced industrial societies has been constrained by three consecutive changes in the international political economy. These were: 1) the breakdown of the Bretton Woods currency regime of fixed exchange rates and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463691
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“Advanced Welfare States in the International Economy: Vulnerabilities and Options”
Scharpf, Fritz W. - 1999
postwar decades. After the rampant protectionism following the Great Depression, and after the complete breakdown of world … markets in World War II, the restoration of international competition in the markets for industrial goods was a slow process … that had been associated with unfettered international capitalism before World War One and, again, in the inter-war period. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463696
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"European monetary union as a response to globalization"
Jones, Erik. - 2001
The argument in this chapter is that formation of EMU is about restructuring the financial architecture of Europe in order to enhance-rather than simply diminish-national autonomy. By implication, EMU functions-at least in part-to shore up and insulate Europe's member states during a period of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463698
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“Advanced Welfare States in the International Economy: Vulnerabilities and Options”
Scharpf, Fritz W. - 1999
postwar decades. After the rampant protectionism following the Great Depression, and after the complete breakdown of world … markets in World War II, the restoration of international competition in the markets for industrial goods was a slow process … that had been associated with unfettered international capitalism before World War One and, again, in the inter-war period. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463738
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"Economic and Monetary Integration in the European Union: The Role of Experts in Creating an 'Asymmetrical EMU'"
Verdun, Amy. - 1995
This paper examines why policy-makers (experts in central banks, ministries of finance, employers' organizations and trade unions) of Britain, France, and Germany have accepted an 'asymmetrical' Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) which incorporates a developed monetary component, yet a relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463824
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"Economic and Monetary Integration in the European Union: The Role of Experts in Creating an 'Asymmetrical EMU'"
Verdun, Amy. - 1995
This paper examines why policy-makers (experts in central banks, ministries of finance, employers' organizations and trade unions) of Britain, France, and Germany have accepted an 'asymmetrical' Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) which incorporates a developed monetary component, yet a relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463866
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"European monetary union as a response to globalization"
Jones, Erik. - 2001
The argument in this chapter is that formation of EMU is about restructuring the financial architecture of Europe in order to enhance-rather than simply diminish-national autonomy. By implication, EMU functions-at least in part-to shore up and insulate Europe's member states during a period of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463922
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"Policy Adjustment Under International Constraints: Sequences of Challenges and Responses"
Hemerijck, Anton; Schludi, Martin. - 1999
Since the early 1970s, the scope for national social and economic policy in advanced industrial societies has been constrained by three consecutive changes in the international political economy. These were: 1) the breakdown of the Bretton Woods currency regime of fixed exchange rates and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463953