Why did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013 - or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008 - just as the world's financial system went into meltdown? This title...

Begrenzung, Einschränkung oder gar Schrumpfung sind als Angstbegriffe verpönt. Doch genau das werden wir brauchen, um die Ökosysteme nicht noch stärker zu schädigen. Ein anderes Wirtschaften ist dringend nötig, und es ist - wie der Transformationsforscher Hans Holzinger zeigt - auch...

We revisit the factors of convergence and growth in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe (CESEE). While the key elements that were driving pre-crisis convergence - rapid export growth, propelled by low wages, capital inflows and technology import, and catalysed by the EU accession - gave a...

Almost all non-EU CESEE countries have converged with Western Europe over the past three decades. However, the pace of convergence has been mixed. For non-EU CESEE countries as a whole, convergence has generally developed at a slower pace than for EU member states in the region.Econometrically,...