Hohe Inflationsraten belasten Arbeitnehmer stärker als die Arbeitgeber oder Selbständigen. Die Ursache liegt in einer relativ hohen Steuerbelastung der Arbeitnehmer und in einer geringen Belastung der Einkommen aus Geschäftsbetrieb. Hauptverursacher für diese Entwicklung ist das...

Empirical evidence suggests that charitable contributions to public goods may be driven not only by the familiar warm-glow of giving motive but also as a means for businesses to signal high product quality. Building on this finding, we present an analytical framework that characterizes the...

We argue that the degree of coordination among the member states potentially contribute a great deal to our understanding of observed policy differences between the EU and the US as economic unions: the generosity of the welfare state and the skill composition of migration.