The sharp rise in energy prices represents a considerable structural risk to the German economy. Deindustrialisation has become a veritable threat. The government's economic policy needs to establish positive expectations for energy costs in the medium term through interventions in the gas and...

Die deutsche Wirtschaft wurde 2022 in besonderem Maße von Russlands Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine getroffen. Aufgrund ihrer starken Exportabhängigkeit fielen die hohen Energiepreise, die schwächelnde Weltkonjunktur und gestörte Lieferketten besonders stark ins Gewicht. Umso beeindruckender...

In der Märzausgabe 2023 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz mit dem Titel 'Schuldentragfähigkeit mit impliziten Staatsschulden - Leitbild oder Irrlicht?' von Jan Priewe. Hagen Krämer und Carl Christian von Weizsäcker vertreten in einer Replik eine andere Auffassung, im...

Multiple crises and ecological transformation are driving an intense debate about government credit financing and its restriction by the constitutional debt brake. The Board of Academic Advisors at the BMWK has presented a proposal on how more flexibility would be possible without undermining...

The German Federal Constitutional Court has ordered a revision of public budgets following the correct interpretation of the German debt brake. The debt brake is an obstacle to necessary public investment needed for ecological transformation of areas such as housing construction and education....

The Ruhr area is not only the former heartland of industry in Germany, but still the largest urban agglomeration and now theregion with the highest density of universities. Yet, after decades of deep structural change leading away from coal and steel, the regionis still marked by ongoing...

Die Politik in Deutschland setzt u. a. auf Zuwanderung von Hochqualifizierten aus Drittstaaten zur Schließung von Fachkräftelücken. Das Ziel der Studie ist es, geeignete Instrumente für eine derartige selektive Steuerung der Zuwanderung zu identifizieren. Die Studie untersucht die...

Many observers consider the German 'debt brake' beyond criticism. In the current crisis, many European countries have difficulties refinancing their budgets, while the German treasury's funding conditions are most favourable. The 'fiscal compact's' call for the introduction of German-style 'debt...

This paper studies differences in inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences between East and West Germany. As expected, there are substantial differences with respect to all three of these measures. Surprisingly, however, differences in distributional norms are...