Montchrétien was definitely mercantilist. He praises the ancients, their honors and their self-discipline, but notes, like Serra, that there was no concept of Political Economy in Antiquity. The words, however, appear for the first time in the pseudoaristotelian Oeconomica II, where the...

The history of the German cooperative banks has enjoyed renewed attention in recent years. This applies specifically to the current cen-tral cooperative bank, DZ BANK, whose origin lies in the Prussian Central Cooperative Bank (‹Preußenkasse›) founded in 1895. What previous research has in...

The notion of a nation-specific inflation trauma among the German population is ubiquitous in the public debate in Germany and beyond. Because of its experience with hyperinflation in 1923, the German population fears rising prices and favors stability-oriented monetary as well as fiscal policy....

Auf der Basis der Existenzgründungsstatistik des IfM Bonn wurde das gewerbliche Gründungsgeschehen im Dienstleistungssektor untersucht. Im Dienstleistungssektor fanden 2013 knapp drei Viertel aller Gründungen statt und damit weniger als 1998. Ursächlich dafür ist vor allem ein Anstieg der...

Flucht und Migration sind alte und weltweite Phänomene. Letztes Jahr hat jedoch die Zahl der Flüchtlinge nach Europa und insbesondere Deutschland stark zugenommen, während die deutsche Bundeskanzlerin die bis dahin geltenden europäischen und deutschen Regeln außer Kraft setzte. Dies stellt...

Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...

This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self-reported subjective well-being was associated with occupying a high-level managerial position in the labour market,compared with employment in nonleadership, non-high-level...

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the relationship between immigrant residential segregation and immigrants' satisfaction with the neighborhood. The estimates show that immigrants living in segregated areas are less satisfied with the neighborhood. This is...

Using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study shows that immigrants living in segregated residential areas are more likely to report discrimination because of their ethnic background. This applies to both segregated areas where most neighbors are immigrants from the same...

Ethnische Vielfalt ist eine Quelle für ökonomische Vorteile, die sich Migranten und ihre Aufnahmeländer zunutze machen können. Insbesondere der Grad an Bindung oder Identifikation mit dem Aufnahme- und Herkunftsland determiniert den ökonomischen Erfolg von Zuwanderern. Grundlage eines...