Foreign direct investment has been disappointingly low in eastern Europe, which has been reluctant to make existing assets available to foreign investors. To mitigate any such resentment, we propose a participation model in which foreign investors compete for joint venture contracts. Host...

While the old systems competition took place within closed borders, globalisation has brought about a new type of systems competition that is driven by the mobility of factors of production. The new systems competition will likely imply the erosion of the European welfare state, induce a race to...

Hans-Werner Sinn hat wie kein anderer in den letzten Jahrzehnten die wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischen Debatten in Deutschland und Europa geprägt. Er gilt als einer der wichtigsten Köpfe der Bundesrepublik und als einflussreichster Ökonom im deutschsprachigen Raum, seine Leistungen auf der...