It is often argued that capital should flow from aging industrialized economies to countries with fast-growing populations. However, institutional failures and the risk of expropriation substantially reduce developing economies’ attractiveness for foreign investors. We analyze the influence of...

It is often argued that countries with a high population share of children and young workers should attract large capital inflows from aging industrialized economies. However, many of these countries deter foreign investors by a high risk of creeping or outright expropriation. In this paper we...

In the academic debate there is a broad consensus that house price fluctuations have a substantial impact on financial stability and real economic activity. Therefore, it is important to have timely information on actual and expected house price developments. The aim of this paper is to measure...

We investigate the effect of population aging on international factor flows in a political-economy framework. Political barriers to immigration in developed countries and insecure property rights in developing countries impede factor flows. Taking into account different generations’...

In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the Euro Area turned into a deep financial and currency crisis. Depending on their economic structures, however, member countries have been affected in different ways. Performing a growth accounting for Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal,...

Die deutsche Konjunktur verlor im Sommerhalbjahr merklich an Kraft und die Aussichten stellten sich bisher auch wenig günstig dar. Allerdings dürften von dem inzwischen deutlichen Rückgang des Rohölpreises spürbare Impulse für die Konjunktur im kommenden Jahr ausgehen. [...]

The “Great Recession” has painfully demonstrated the impact of real estate prices on real economic activity. Hence, close examination of real estate price changes is important for business cycle analysis and economic policy. However, most real estate price indices for Germany either exhibit...

Die gesamtwirtschaftliche Produktion in Deutschland wurde zum Jahresende 2014 unerwartet kräftig ausgeweitet. Das reale BIP war im vierten Quartal 2014 um 0,7% höher als im Vorquartal. Auch für die ersten Monate dieses Jahres ist eine deutliche Expansion zu erwarten; darauf deuten die...

Die Expansion der Weltwirtschaft hat in der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2014 an Schwung gewonnen. Die Belebung ging erneut von den fortgeschrittenen Volkswirtschaften aus. Insbesondere in den USA wurde die Produktion im zweiten Halbjahr deutlich stärker ausgeweitet als im ersten. Im Euro-Raum setzte...

Following the notion of skill-biased FDI flows from developed to less developed regions, high-skilled workers are likely to benefit from FDI to a larger extent. They earn a productivity advantage that potentially transfers into a skilled wage premium. This gives rise to distributional conflict...