Abstract In reply to Jörg Markt and Gerhard Schick in this volume, this paper argues for a different view on social assistance and migration. First, this article will present some methodological conditions for constitutional contracts. Lacking empirical testability, the method of constitutional...

Abstract On 5. July 2002 State Secretary Dr. Alfred Tacke gave ministerial approval for the merger of E.ON and Ruhrgas. Previously both the German Cartel Office and the Monopoly Commission had voted against the fusion on the basis of feared restricted competition. According to paragraph 42 § of...

Abstract Unter dem Titel “Hartz IV – Wege zu einer neuen Justierung: Zur aktuellen Diskussion der Arbeitsmarktreform” veranstalteten am 14. Februar dieses Jahres die Hanns Martin Schleyer-Stiftung und das Otto-Wolff-Institut für Wirtschaftsordnung eine Konferenz unter der...

Abstract The interdependence between labour market policy and social policy can be interpreted in different ways. The dualistic approach sees social policy as a counterpart to labour market policy, especially if the latter is exclusively interpreted as the means for achieving an efficient design...