Using data from the ECB's Survey of Professional Forecasters, we investigate the reporting practices of survey participants by comparing their point predictions and the mean/median/mode of their probability forecasts. We find that the individual point predictions, on average, tend to be biased...

This paper questions the three standard propositions used by politico-economic models of growth and distribution according to which (1) rising inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed by higher distortionary taxation; and (3) higher...

Die Sharing Economy hat sich durch die neuen Kommunikationsmöglichkeiten aus der Nische in die Mitte der Ökonomie katapultiert. Dabei betrifft das Phänomen sehr unterschiedliche Marktbereiche: vom altruistisch motivierten Teilen unter Freunden und Nachbarn bis zu kommerziellen...

China's rapid growth and success in poverty reduction over the last three decades has inspired world-wide admiration. This paper uses a simple framework with a Kaleckian flavor to analyze structural developments in the Chinese economy, and to understand some of the distributional consequences....