The Federal Reserve is a hugely powerful institution whose policies ramify with enormous effect throughout the economy. In the wake of the Great Recession, monetary policy focused on quantitative easing. Now, there is talk of normalizing monetary policy and interest rates. That conversation is...

There have been numerous empirical studies of privatization programs, which have found efficiency gains to firms, industries, and financial markets in a multitude of developed and developing economies. Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union are conspicuously and consistently...

Die vorliegende Studie ist im Auftrag der Eidgenössischen Ausländerkommission EKA erstellt worden. Sie gibt einen knappen Überblick über die historische Entwicklung der schweizerischen Ausländerpolitik und analysiert die wirtschaftlichen Folgen dieser Politik für die Schweiz. Im Fokus...

The Federal Reserve is a hugely powerful institution whose policies ramify with enormous effect throughout the economy. In the wake of the Great Recession, monetary policy focused on quantitative easing. Now, there is talk of normalizing monetary policy and interest rates. That conversation is...