Deutschland ist seit Mitte der neunziger Jahre langsamer gewachsen als der Durchschnitt der europäischen Länder. Von 1995-2004 nahm das deutsche Sozialprodukt um 13%, das BIP Großbritanniens um 22%, das von Frankreich um 20% und das von Österreich um 22% zu. Helmut Frisch, TU Wien und...

This collection presents an updated bibliography of those empirical forest ecosystem service valuation studies in the German speaking countries which relate to demand oriented measures of the utility of public goods. The associated database (which is provided as a separately downloadable...

A common political claim is that decentralized governments undermine policy makers' ability to fight fiscal imbalance. This paper examines how different fiscal institutions influence the likelihood of a successful fiscal adjustment. Using a panel of the Swiss cantons from 1981 to 2001, we first...

The fiscal commons problem is one of the most prominent explanations of excessive spending and indebtedness in political economics. The more fragmented a government, the higher its spending, deficits and debt. In this paper we investigate to what extent this problem can be mitigated by different...

The reform of euro area governance has been chosen by the heads of state and government in the EU as a topic for immediate discussion and swift decisions. The European Council in Spring 2010 asked president Van Rompuy to chair a task force on euro area governance. The task force is due to...

Die alles entscheidende Herausforderung für die Wirtschaftspolitik 2012 ist die Stabilisierung des Euroraums. Die bisherigen Versuche sind unzureichend, insbesondere da ihnen die allzu enge Interpretation als Staatschuldenkrise zu Grunde liegt. Tatsächlich handelt es sich um eine...