The article analyzes the Conference Board and OECD Composite Leading Indicator on its prognosis goodness of the American gross domestic product. To this both indicators individually are introduced and are examined with the help of in sample and out of sample methods. Special value is put...

Theo S. Eicher and Thomas Strobel present an industry-level account of the recent changes in German productivity growth and compare the trends to Europe and the US. The specific focus is on how differential investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) affected the economic...

The trend of increasing inequality in the distribution of income and wealth in most developed countries has led to calls for corrective tax increases for the rich and wealthy. Such calls are often confronted with the claim that higher taxes on top personal incomes, corporate income and wealth...

Der Begriff Humankapital ist in aller Munde - die PISA-Studie kritisiert das deutsche Schulsystem, Studenten demonstrieren für ihr individuelles Recht auf Bildung, Politik und Gesellschaft fordern Humankapitalwachstum als Quelle von Innovation und zukunftsorientiertem Wachstum für alle. Ist...