Der Titel vermittelt Schritt für Schritt Grundwissen in Wirtschaft und wendet sich an Leser ab 12 Jahren. In 6 Kapiteln werden die grossen Themen und Fragen von der Steinzeit bis zu den Herausforderungen der Globalisierung erklärt. Das gelingt mit verständlichen, interessanten Texten und der...

Von der Steinzeit bis zum frühen Mittelalter: Auch das Wirtschaften hat mal klein angefangen -- Taler, Taler, du musst wandern – das war im Mittelalter manchmal nicht ganz einfach -- Auf dem Weg in das 20. Jahrhundert wandelt sich das Wirtschaften – neue Spielregeln entstehen -- Das große...

This paper considers education investment and public education subsidies in closed and open economies with an extortionary government. The extortionary government in a closed economy has incentives to subsidize education in order to overcome a hold-up problem of time consistent taxation, similar...

This paper compares education investment in closed and open economies without government and with a benevolent government. The fact that the time consistency problem in taxation can make labor mobility beneficial even if governments are fully benevolent – which is known from other contexts –...

The paper contributes to the globalization debate by scrutinizing the international spillover effects which are provoked if a single country reduces the generosity of the unemployment compensation system or weakens labor union power. For this purpose a two-country model with imperfect...

Processes of regional economic integration have been shaping the economic relations between countries significantly during the last decades. In addition, an increasing integration of the national economies into the global economy has affected these economic relations, too. In an effort to...

Are the characteristics of the exchange rate regime relevant for the degree of fiscal discipline? What are the conclusions for fiscal behavior in Europe after the transition to EMU? These are the central questions that are analyzed in this paper from a theoretical point of view. After a general...