The Ottobeuren Seminar on Economics is an institution with a long tradition in economic research. Each year a small number of designated experts meet for a symposium in Ottobeuren. The subject chosen is addressed from various angles: new theoretical approaches are discussed, new empirical...

This article summarizes the results of a survey among young members of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the main association of academic economists in the German speaking areas. In general, the responding researchers seem to be satisfied with the quality of the mentoring received and with their...

Friedrich August von Hayek's memory and the esteem in which his work is held apply more to his political visions than they do to his economic and political analyses. Christopher Holl shows that this assessment does not do justice to Hayek's work. He comes to the conclusion that Hayek's cognitive...

Prof. Mark Perlman, Initiator und erster Herausgeber des berühmten amerikanischen "Journal of Economic Literature" hielt im Juni im ifo Institut einen Vortrag über "The uses of authority in economics". Er ging vor allem der Frage nach, was das wissenschaftliche Denken der Ökonomen in der...

This study was prepared by Nina Czernich while she was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research.It was completed in December 2010 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. The study addresses the question whether the emergence of...

Am 5. September 2011 veröffentlichte das Handelsblatt das VWL-Ranking 2011. Der vorliegende Beitrag unterwirft die Methodik des Handelsblatts einer kurzen Kritik und vergleicht anschließend das Ranking mit demjenigen von RePEc.