This chapter applies recent research on environmental enforcement to a potential U.S. program to control greenhouse gases, especially through emission trading. Climate policies present the novel problem of integrating emissions reductions that are relatively easy to monitor (such as carbon...

Die internationale Finanzmarktkrise dauert nun schon fast ein Jahr und zieht immer weitere Kreise. Wie wurde die Krise verursacht? Welche realwirtschaftlichen Konsequenzen hat sie? Was unterscheidet die heutige Bankenkrise von der Weltwirtschaftskrise der dreißiger Jahre?

Viele Experten halten die jahrelang expansive amerikanische Geldpolitik nach der dotcom-Krise 2001 für eine wesentliche Ursache der heutigen Finanzkrise. Gibt es dafür theoretisch überzeugende Argumente oder empirische Beweise? Wie ist diese Auffassung in Hinblick auf die Ursachenanalyse der...

The Eurosystem and the U.S. Federal Reserve System follow quite different approaches to the execution of monetary policy. The former institution adopts a hands-off approach that largely delegates to depository institutions the task of stabilizing their own liquidity at high frequency. The latter...

How do the complex institutions involved in wage setting affect wage changes? The International Wage Flexibility Project provides new microeconomic evidence on how wages change for continuing workers. We analyze individuals’ earnings in thirty-one different data sets from sixteen countries,...

The dynamic properties of the The New Keynesian Phillips curve (NPC) is analysed within the framework of a small system of linear di.erence equations.We evaluate the empirical results of existing studies which uses ‘Euroland’ and US data. The debate has been centered around the...

Three current account imbalances - one very large deficit (the United States) and two surpluses (Japan and the Euro area) - are subjected to a minimalist structural interpretation. Though simple, this interpretation enables us to assess how much of each of the imbalances require a real exchange...

According to KENDRICK (1996, p. 1), National Accounts have become an indispensable tool for macroeconomic analysis, projections, and policy formulation. The paper elaborates on this statement, addressing policy domains that rely heavily on National Accounts data. Yet - useful as they are -...