Provides a conceptual and normative framework for developing an appropriate policy response to some of the problems posed by the informal economy.

Gives examples of local institutional assistance to the urban informal sector. Reviews trends from 1983 to 1990.

Against the popular perception that the New Order economic policymaking was subservient to the interests of capital and oriented towards the market, empirical analysis suggests that economic policymaking of the era was indeed centralistic and state-centered. While capital owners could influence...

Die Rolle der Hochschulen im Innovationssystem sowohl der BRD als auch der DDR hat sich in den letzten fünfzig Jahren zum Teil dramatisch geändert. Der Veränderungsprozess in der Bundesrepublik lässt sich grob in drei Phasen einteilen, die sich zwar überlappen, dennoch im wesentlichen eine...

The annual report essay discusses the measurement system used to track U.S. economic activity, and why it is not yet up to the task of effectively measuring aspects of economic activity that contribute the most to long-term economic growth. For historical reasons, our measuring system has...

The unification process has been the central point of the european political and economic history in the second half of the last century. The advances made seem today impressing and impossible to imagine only a few years ago: peace and stability have been consolidated; economic growth has continued;...