Die Finanzkrise hat einige Unternehmen und Banken so stark belastet, dass ihr Überleben fraglich erscheint. Die Wirtschaftspolitik reagiert mit verschiedenen Instrumenten auf diese Situation. Diskutiert werden unter anderem auch staatliche Beteiligungen an notleidenden Unternehmen oder sogar...

In an important decision, the German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) rejected a claim of the state Berlin on federal support. Berlin had argued that it were effectively bankrupt. The article considers the ruling from an economic perspective.

The article analyzes the welfare impact of Germany's tenant protection law. It shows why tenants do not demand protection in a market equilibrium, notwithstanding that moving expenses may be considerable. Under this assumption, tenant protection enforced by the law makes tenants worse off in the...

Persistently high unemployment rates have stimulated debates whether or not the tax transfer system may be partly responsible for this problem. In particular, it has been pointed out that low earnings are subject to very high marginal tax rates. Among possible reform options are the negative...

The book analyzes the German welfare state. It starts from a theoretical perspective and then develops changes in social security, public health care, and unemployment insurance.

The book offers a compehensive account of traditional and more recent developments in macroeconomic theory. It is written primarily for students at the intermediate level.

The book studies growth paths in an overlapping generations model with land and exhaustible resources as factors of production. It is shown that land rules out inefficient growth paths.

The book offers a comprehensive treatment of tax theory and policy. It surveys the German tax system, portrays tax history, and describes principles of tax administration and the construction of schedules. Tax shifting, optimal taxation theory, and questions of tax justice are considered in...

The book compares funded and unfunded pension schemes. This is done within a simple overlapping generations framework.