Despite massive digitization efforts, the German economy has experienced a marked slowdown in its productivity growth. This paper analyzes the reasons behind this disconcerting development. A major factor is the turnaround of the labor market that commenced around 2005. The successful...

Despite massive digitization efforts, the German economy has experienced a marked slowdown in its productivity growth. This paper analyzes the reasons behind this disconcerting development. A major factor is the turnaround of the labor market that commenced around 2005. The successful...

Despite massive digitization efforts, the German economy has experienced a marked slowdown in its productivity growth. This paper analyzes the reasons behind this disconcerting development. A major factor is the turnaround of the labor market that commenced around 2005. The successful...

Despite massive digitization efforts, the German economy has experienced a marked slowdown in its productivity growth. This paper empirically analyzes three prominent explanations for this development. First, using a novel quarterly utilization-adjusted total factor productivity measure for the...

In der Dezemberausgabe 2015 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz zur Überprüfung des Stabilitäts- und Wachstumsgesetzes (StabG) von Henrike Michaelis, Steffen Elstner und Christoph M. Schmidt. Dazu erscheinen diese Replik und eine Erwiderung der Autoren.

Die tiefe Rezession in der Finanzkrise, aber auch das mäßige Wachstum danach haben Forderungen laut werden lassen, die Konjunktur nicht nur durch eine expansive Geldpolitik, sondern auch durch aktive fiskalpolitische Maßnahmen anzuregen. Mitarbeiter und Vorsitzender des Sachverständigenrates...