The use of a semi-structural model as one of the workhorse tools for macroeconomic analysis and projections at the Bundesbank has a long-standing tradition. In an iterative projection process, the macroeconometric model's main task is to merge projections by Bundesbank experts for various areas...

In this paper, Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) models of quarterly data between 2007 and 2021 are estimated to assess short-term regimes of aggregate demand and distribution in Germany. The obtained Impulse Response Functions (IRFs) of the conventional neo-Goodwinian baseline case, with...

Trotz steigender Wirtschaftsleistung hat sich die Lebenszufriedenheit in Deutschland seit Beginn der 90er Jahre nicht erhöht, in Westdeutschland ist sie sogar gesunken. Mehr materieller Wohlstand bedeutet also nicht automatisch mehr Wohlstand im Sinne von Lebensglück. Was aber sind dann die...

We first analyze pre-unification similarities and differences between the two Germanys and the two Koreas in terms of demographic, social, political and economic status. An important issue is the degree of international openness. 'Stone-age' type communism of North Korea and the seclusion of the...

Trotz steigender Wirtschaftsleistung hat sich die Lebenszufriedenheit in Deutschland seit Beginn der 90er Jahre nicht erhöht, in Westdeutschland ist sie sogar gesunken. Mehr materieller Wohlstand bedeutet also nicht automatisch mehr Wohlstand im Sinne von Lebensglück. Was aber sind dann die...

We first analyze pre-unification similarities and differences between the two Germanys and the two Koreas in terms of demographic, social, political and economic status. An important issue is the degree of international openness. “Stone-age” type communism of North Korea and the seclusion of...

This paper outlines a proposal for a system of work sharing that would give employers an incentive to maintain workers on their payroll at reduced hours as an alternative to laying them off. The system would be attached to the existing system of unemployment compensation, with shorttime...

In this paper we study the link between elections, fiscal policy and economic growth/fluctuations. The set-up is a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model of growth and endogenously chosen fiscal policy, in which two political parties can alternate in power. The party in office chooses...