Recent studies show that almost all industrial countries have experienced dramatic decreases in both fertility and mortality rates. This situation has led to aging societies with economies that suffer from both a decline in the working population and a rise in fiscal deficits linked to increased...

Many of us suspect that Social Security faces eventual bankruptcy. But the government projects its future finances using long outdated methods. Employing a more up-to-date approach, Jagadeesh Gokhale here argues that the program faces insolvency far sooner than previously thought. To assess...

Most analysts of corporations and industries adopt the focal perspective of a single prototypical organization. Many analysts also study corporations primarily in terms of their internal organizational structures or as complex systems of financial contracts. Glenn Carroll and Michael Hannan...

Die demografischen Trends in Deutschland führen auf dem Immobilienmarkt zu gravierenden Auswirkungen, denn Immobilien können nicht mit regionalen Nachfrageveränderungen verschoben werden. Zudem werden Immobilien für Jahrzehnte gebaut; langfristige Trends schlagen daher sehr deutlich auf...