This report discusses the economic impact of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis across industries, and countries. It also provides estimates of the potential global economic costs of COVID-19, and the GDP growth of different countries. The current draft includes estimates for 30 countries, under...

amazon: Das Wort des ehemaligen Chefvolkswirts der Deutschen Bank findet weltweit Beachtung. Norbert Walter hat als einziger Ökonom den Absturz der deutschen Wirtschaft in der Finanzkrise 2008 präzise vorausgesagt. Zusammen mit seinem Kollegen Jörn Quitzau von der traditionsreichen Hamburger...

We study the cyclicality of public R&D in 28 OECD countries (1995-2017). While procyclical on average, public R&D reacts asymmetrically over different phases of the business cycle and becomes acyclical during recessions. It is also heterogeneous across countries: Innovation leaders and followers...