Die in der Republik Belarus vor allem auf Betreiben von Präsident Lukaschenko verfolgte Wirtschaftspolitik wird seit Jahren von praktisch allen Beobachtern wegen unverkennbarer Rückschritte zu planwirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen negativ eingeschätzt. Die Kritik kommt von so verschiedenen...

The 1990s were the most prosperous decade in U.S. economic history. The paper analyses to which extent this period fits into preceding cyclical experience. This is done by classifying the period 1991-12 to 2000-12 with the help of a 4-phase classification scheme based on multivariate...

This paper challenges the institutional sclerosis view of the German crisis according to which rigid labour markets and generous welfare state institutions have driven Germany into its position as "Europe's sick man". In general, the view is not convincing, because the underlying hypotheses...