The 2008 financial crisis led to more and more frequent political attacks on central banks. The recent spotlight on central bank independence is reminiscent of the fiery debates amongst Germany's political elites in 1949 on the same issue; debates that were sparked by the establishment of West...

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...

This paper studies determinants of MPs expense claims in Parlia-ment using the data released under the freedom of information act in2004. Using a multiple regression framework, we correlate expenseswith three sets of variables: constituency characteristics, party a¢ l-iation and individual...