[Weltwirtschaftliche Dynamik flaut ab] Die Weltproduktion ist 2007 mit einer Rate von voraussichtlich 5,1 nochmals sehr kräftig gestiegen. Gegen Jahresende hat sich das Konjunkturklima jedoch deutlich eingetrübt, vor allem infolge der Immobilienkrise in den USA. Die Krise an den Finanzmärkten...

[Abkühlung der Weltkonjunktur] Die weltwirtschaftliche Expansion hat sich zum Jahresende 2007 unter dem Eindruck der Immobilienkrise in den Vereinigten Staaten und der dadurch ausgelösten Turbulenzen an den internationalen Finanzmärkten merklich verlangsamt. Die Finanzkrise wird die...

In this work we update the reviews on endogenous growth theories, after two decades of theoretical and empirical contributions in order to explore whether recent empirical studies have become more supportive of their main predictions. Among the core topics studied in the growth econometric...

This study identifies five distinctive stages of the current global financial crisis: the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market; spillovers into broader credit market; the liquidity crisis epitomized by the fallout of Northern Rock, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers with counterparty risk...

This paper documents the dynamic properties of the current account, trade balance and international capital flows. For this purpose, two approaches are taken: probit and a nonparametric estimation. The probabilistic approach shows that, in general, deficits and net inflows tend to be more...

Arguments about the appropriate discount rate often start by assuming a Utilitarian social welfare function with isoelastic utility, in which the consumption discount rate is a function of the (constant) elasticity of marginal utility along with the (much discussed) utility discount rate. In...

It is well-known that the discount rate is crucially important for estimating the social cost of carbon, a standard indicator for the seriousness of climate change and desirable level of climate policy. The Ramsey equation for the discount rate has three components: the pure rate of time...

Government provision of a financial safety net for financial institutions has been a key element of the policy response to the current crisis, with governments extending existing guarantees and introducing new ones. These measures have been helpful in avoiding a further accelerated loss of...

Global governance refers to several pillars; one important pillar is the multilateral aid architecture. Its reform can be discussed under the perspectives of representativeness, inclusiveness, and efficiency (of aid delivery).A prerequisite for efficient aid delivery is to map the rising...