The request for a strengthening of academic research at the German economic research institutes by the German Science Council more than a decade ago was founded on the crucial insight that sound policy advice the traditional task of the institutes can only be guaranteed in the long term if it is...

Economics in Sweden contains the results of one of the most comprehensive attempts to evaluate research in economics ever undertaken. A team of Swedish and international researchers, including Avinash K. Dixit, Seppo Honkapohja and Robert M. Slow, examined the structure of economics in Sweden...

Das Jahr 2001 hat sich rückblickend als »Jahr der enttäuschten Konjunkturhoffnungen« herausgestellt; auch das ifo Institut musste seine Deutschlandprognose im Jahresverlauf mehrfach »nach unten« korrigieren. Die Fehleinschätzung der BIP-Wachstumsrate geht auf zwei Ursachen zurück: Einmal...

The Industrial Institute of Economic and Social Research (IUI) was founded in 1939. In less than ten years, IUI grew from a small survey bureau to a leading research institute focused on microeconomic research relevant to industrial development. Based on a number of new commemorative essays and...