Am 28. Januar 2010 stellte das Foreign Policy Research Institute das »Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program« für das Jahr 2009 vor, das eine Vielzahl von Rankings der Think Tanks umfasst und auch in Deutschland Beachtung fand. Dieser Beitrag unterwirft die Studie einer kritischen Analyse....

The Productivity Commission today released a staff working paper titled The Stern Review: an assessment of its methodology. This technical paper contains a detailed examination of key elements of the Review’s analytical approach. Originally prepared as an internal research memorandum following...

In conjunction with its tercentenary celebrations in 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) instituted a new award, "The Central Bank of Sweden price in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" on the basis of an economic commitment by the bank in perpetuity. Which criteria have guided the...

To begin discussing the classical liberal and realist views we analyze a simple model that allows for possible insecurity as well as trade. We examine an economic environment in which two "small" countries dispute a resource that can be used in the production of tradeables. Claims on the...

While the strategies of political actors and institutions have been largely analyzed with reference to cases of democratic breakdown in inter-war Europe and other contexts, democratic survival has often been viewed as a consequence of socio-economic and cultural "preconditions". The analysis of...

Les médias s’accordent, comme les publics auxquels ils rapportent les événements d'urgence (catastrophes naturelles, incendies, accidents domestiques, émeutes, guerres civiles ou non, boycotts, rumeurs, krachs boursiers, etc.), pour reconnaître que certaines situations, constituent des...

Reforms of the public pension systems are on top of the European policy agenda. Current costs are high, and the pressures will increase due to population aging and negative incentive effects. This paper describes the causes of the current pension problems and the cures required to make the...

Housing Demand in Germany and Japan Paper in memoriam of Stephen Mayo