Der Handelskonflikt zwischen den USA und China hat sich in den letzten Monaten deutlich verschärft. Seit dem WTO-Beitritt 2001 hat China seinen Überschuss gegenüber den USA kontinuierlich erhöht. 2018 erreichte er mit 420 Mrd. US-$ ein Rekordniveau. Die US-Regierung verfolgt nun mithilfe von...

Der Handelskonflikt zwischen den USA und China hat sich in den letzten Monaten deutlich verschärft. Seit dem WTO-Beitritt 2001 hat China seinen Überschuss gegenüber den USA kontinuierlich erhöht. 2018 erreichte er mit 420 Mrd. US-$ ein Rekordniveau. Die US-Regierung verfolgt nun mithilfe von...

This paper investigates the impact of ICT- and non-ICT capital, and of labour at different skill levels, on productivity and employment in the financial intermediation sector of twelve EU member countries plus the US and Japan. A stochastic possibility frontiers (SPF) approach is applied to...

This paper investigates the impact of ICT- and non-ICT capital, and of labour at different skill levels, on productivity and employment in the financial intermediation sector of twelve EU member countries plus the US and Japan. A stochastic possibility frontiers (SPF) approach is applied to...

This paper addresses the long-term slowdown in labour productivity for a panel of 25 countries. First, we look at productivity shifts and trends based on structural break tests and modern filtering techniques. The productivity slowdown is evident in almost all countries we investigate. Second,...

The paper addresses the topic of an overall long-term productivity slowdown in labor productivity for a panel of 25 developed countries. Besides studying individual long-term trends of single countries using filtering techniques we also test for multiple structural breakpoints in the long-term...

The paper addresses the topic of an overall long-term productivity slowdown in labor productivity for a panel of 25 developed countries. Besides studying individual long-term trends of single countries using filtering techniques we also test for multiple structural breakpoints in the long-term...

The paper addresses the topic of DRMS with regard to the current situation in the music download market. DRMS were made obligatory by licensing contracts to companies in the music download business in particular of the four major music labels, EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner. Fear of...

The paper discusses the question if the global economy already entered a phase of a global recession. This is based on the IMF definition that a global recession occurs if global real GDP growth falls below 3%. Taking actual GDP numbers for the Chinese economy published by the Conference Board...