The Energy Tax Directive recently proposed by the European Commission envisages to tax fuels based on their energy content. By raising prices for diesel to a level higher than that of petrol, this proposal would eliminate the price advantage currently enjoyed by diesel in most EU Member States....

This paper reports evidence on the strong tendency of the college educated to match with partners who graduated in the same field of study - a dimension of assortative matching that has been overlooked thus far. We employ Labor Force Survey data covering most EU countries to measure the extent...

Corona-Gesundheitsschock – Seuchengefahr für die Menschheit -- Weltweite Wirtschaftsinstabilität -- Risiko der Euro-Zerfallsdynamik und EU-Aspekte -- Impfförderungsaufgaben und Kooperation sowie globale Führungsfragen.

We analyze the importance of global shocks for the global economy and national policy makers. More specifically, we investigate whether monetary policy has become less effective in the wake of financial globalization. We also examine whether there is increasing uncertainty for central banks due...