Während die industrialisierte Landwirtschaft des Nordens gigantische Lebensmittelüberschüsse produziert, hungern auf der Südhalbkugel der Erde Millionen von Menschen. Doch warum kommt die nötige Agrarwende nur so langsam voran? Werner Onken erläutert in diesem Buch, wie sehr sie durch das...

Well-functioning economic structures are key for resilient and prospering euro area economies. The global financial and sovereign debt crises exposed the limited resilience of the euro area's economic structures. Economic growth was masking underlying weaknesses in several euro area countries....

Well-functioning economic structures are key for resilient and prospering euro area economies. The global financial and sovereign debt crises exposed the limited resilience of the euro area’s economic structures. Economic growth was masking underlying weaknesses in several euro area countries....

In this paper, we analyze and try to measure productive and technological asymmetries between central and peripheral economies in the eurozone. We assess the effects such asymmetries would likely bring about on center-periphery divergence/convergence patterns, and derive some implications as to...