The neo-Schumpeterian growth models, which appeared in the early 1990s, have ostensibly reintroduced the entrepreneur into mainstream growth theory. However, we show that by ignoring genuine uncertainty and by assuming that profits follow an objectively true and ex ante known probability...

The neo-Schumpeterian growth models, which appeared in the early 1990s, have ostensibly reintroduced the entrepreneur into mainstream growth theory. However, we show that by ignoring genuine uncertainty and by assuming that profits follow an objectively true and ex ante known probability...

ECDC proposes to issue the 2025 call for application for EURLs for public health in the area of respiratory viruses to ensure continued laboratory support and capacity-building activities for Europe on these high importance/high impact pathogens. - The area of respiratory viruses is suggested to...

Lee (2022) evaluates whether elected officials update their policy positions based on expert evidence. His cross-subject and within-subject designs run in the American local and state policy-making context both confirm the capacity for politicians to update their beliefs in response to expert...

Kinder und Jugendliche stehen unter einem besonderen Schutz in unserer Gesellschaft, und es existiert ein breiter gesellschaftlicher Konsens darüber, Kinder- und Jugendarmut möglichst zu vermeiden. Armut grenzt von gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe aus und beschränkt Kinder in ihren körperlichen...

Die wissenschaftsgeleitete Politik- und Gesellschaftsberatung hat in den letzten Jahren enorm an Bedeutung gewonnen und ist fortwährend vielfältiger geworden. Politische Entscheidungen basieren immer häufiger auf empirischen Forschungsergebnissen und Gutachten. Allerdings kann die Suche nach...

The neo-Schumpeterian growth models, which appeared in the early 1990s, have ostensibly reintroduced the entrepreneur into mainstream growth theory. However, we show that by ignoring genuine uncertainty and by assuming that profits follow an objectively true and ex ante known probability...

Twice a year, the Joint Economic Forecast (JEF, "Gemeinschaftsdiagnose") brings together Germany's leading economic research institutes to prepare a consensus view on the business cycle, potential growth perspectives and appropriate policy recommendations. This globally unique exercise, dating...

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fachdiskussionen stellen in unterschiedlichen Formen Konsens oder Dissens der Beteiligten heraus. Nach welchen Regeln und Verfahren ist eine Konsensfindung in der wirtschaftspolitischen Beratung möglich? Und in welchen Fällen ist ein allseitiger Konsens gerade...

We use process tracing to test the hypothesis of a specific strategy in the process of discussing and enacting a policy agenda. Our case study is Colombia, where the trace of events and milestones allow us to detect the strategy followed in implementing neoliberal reforms during the 1980s-2000s....

The next president of the United States will have to address the country's chronic budget deficits and spiraling debt. Unfortunately, neither candidate has a coherent plan Neither candidate is committed to free trade. Whereas Trump's trade policies will be conditioned by animosity toward China,...

Die Alterung der deutschen Bevölkerung führt in der umlagefinanzierten Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung zu höheren Beiträgen bei sinkendem Sicherungsniveau. Dies ließe sich bremsen, wenn mit steigender Regelaltersgrenze der Renteneintritt später erfolgte. Jedoch bevorzugt die Bevölkerung...

Ministry of Finance advisers play a crucial role in managing public finance matters, acting as a bridge between bureaucratic and political realms. This article aims to identify the essential skills and experiences that advisers must possess and how these professional qualities relate to their...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly becomes an indispensable advisor. New ethical concerns arise if AI persuades people to behave dishonestly. In an experiment, we study how AI advice (generated by a Natural-Language-processing algorithm) affects (dis)honesty, compare it to equivalent...

This paper analyzes the concept of think tanks and concludes that think tanks have three basic characteristics. Firstly, they are based on academic research, relatively independent operation, and aim to serve scientific decision-making. Taking Ivy League think tanks as an example, this paper...

In a set of preregistered experiments with general population, participants receive recommended answers to an economics questionnaire by two computerized advisors. One advisor is of high-accuracy (the Expert) and recommends the answers produced by academic consensus. The other advisor is of low...