Governments on both sides of the Atlantic have reacted with a raft of new regulations to the US subprime mortgage crisis. The article argues that while these new rules actually touch many of the incentive and information problems which were instrumental in creating the crisis, they only address...

In Macroeconomic Problems of Transformation a distinguished group of economists examines the cause of the dramatic output collapse in the transforming economies of Eastern Europe and formulates policies to promote economic recovery. Drawing on scholarship from East and West, this book features...

Governments on both sides of the Atlantic have reacted with a raft of new regulations to the US subprime mortgage crisis. The article argues that while these new rules actually touch many of the incentive and information problems which were instrumental in creating the crisis, they only address...

Die Ergebnisse der griechischen Wahlen vom Januar haben deutlich gemacht, dass die betroffene Bevölkerung eine einseitige Politik des Sparens nicht mitträgt. Auch in anderen Krisenländern regt sich Widerstand. Darüber, inwieweit und in welchen Ländern eine Austeritätspolitik durchgeführt...