In dieser Studie werden die Zusammenhänge zwischen der Innovationsdynamik, den technologischen sowie wirtschaftlichen Spezialisierungen und der Wirtschaftswachstums- und Produktivitätsentwicklungen für die EU15-Staaten theoretisch und empirisch untersucht. Ausgehend von einer umfassenden...

The paper investigates the business cycle relationships between the EU-15, the EU-11, as well as the EU-core countries for the period 1971 to 1997. Emphasis is put on the question whether there is a synchronization in the national business cycles or not. Using One-way- and Two-way-Anova...

Based on a panel data model this paper investigates whether the effects of fiscal policy on national saving in Europe have changed after the Maastricht Treaty came into force. Recently Giavazzi, Jappelli and Pagano (2000) found evidence that national saving responds nonlinearly to fiscal policy...