The conception of economic order policy (in German: Ordnungspolitik) has been the theoretical foundation of the Social Market Economy in Germany after World War II. But nowadays, the conception of Ordnungspolitik is in a fundamental crisis. It has been removed by Keynesian conceptions or still...

While the DPRK (North Korea) is on its way ahead to reform the socialist based economic system, since a few years the Republic of Korea (South Korea) is integrating into East Asian economic structures like ASEAN plus 3. In this way a possible reunification of Korea as well as a single...

Sonderwirtschaftszonen sind geographische Gebiete innerhalb eines Staates, in denen eine andere Wirtschafts- und Steuergesetzgebung gilt als im Rest desselben. Mit Sonderwirtschaftszonen wird i. d. R. die Steigerung von in- und ausländischen Inves-titionen bezweckt, weshalb ihre Errichtung als...

Durch die Katastrophe von Fukushima im Frühjahr 2011 ist ein beschleunigter Atom-ausstieg in Deutschland beschlossen worden. Parallel steigen die Öl- und Benzin-preise dramatisch aufgrund der politischen Instabilität in der arabischen Welt. Grund genug für eine grundlegende Energiewende mit...

In contrast to Germany South Korea has for years been continuously preparing for national reunification. As a result, alongside the Ministry of Unification a number of think tanks, research institutes, and other organizations have also been established in South Korea. After years of the...

The last decades are characterized more and more by the catching-up of former communist and developing countries especially in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in East Asia. But which economic system is able to develop an economic successful catching-up combined with human development and...

A few years ago North Korea took the first steps to reform its economic system. These reforms have been characterised by the introduction of some basic monetisation into the economy and reduction of the role of government in setting prices and controlling the distribution system. The changes in...

As the Estonian experience with local taxes has turned out in the last decade small rural municipalities have not been able to profit from the right to collect local taxes. Tax collecting and administrative costs have been too high. Therefore the local administrative system did not succeed and...