"Does too much competition in banking hurt society? What policies can best protect and stabilize banking without stifling it? Institutional responses to such questions have evolved over time, from interventionist regulatory control after the Great Depression to the liberalization policies that...

Darf der Staat die Gelegenheit der Wirtschaftsförderung dazu nutzen, Unternehmen Nachhaltigkeitsanforderungen aufzuerlegen? Ist er angesichts des Klimaschutzgebots gar verfassungsrechtlich dazu verpflichtet, Wirtschaftssubventionen mit ökologischen Konditionen "aufzuladen"? Und wie steht es...

This chapter offers a framework to analyse the impact of EU membership on economic ("means"), institutional ("ways") and social ("ends") convergence of EU11 countries to the frontier. It identifies the channels through which this impact works: trade, investment, finance, migration and...

This chapter analyzes the sources of Poland's unprecedented economic performance after 1989, when Poland became Europe's and the world's growth champion. I argue that this growth miracle was driven by five fundamental factors, including Poland’s accession to the European Union. All five...