Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a functioning market economy. Against the backdrop of this positive image which contrasts strongly with the crisis scenarios in Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia...

Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a functioning market economy. Against the backdrop of this positive image which contrasts strongly with the crisis scenarios in Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia...

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 Bundeshaushalte der Jahre 2022 und 2023 sind geprägt von dem Bemühen, Probleme zu bewältigen, die der Ukraine-Krieg und die daraus folgende Energiekrise mit sich gebracht haben. Die Autoren analysieren, welche der damit verbundenen Mehrausgaben eher der klassischen Staatsaufgabe...

Der vorliegende Kieler Subventionsbericht konzentriert sich auf die Analyse der Finanzhilfen des Bundes 2021 sowie auf die Frage, inwieweit den Ausgaben in den Jahren 2020 und 2021 im Zusammenhang mit der Corona-Pandemie Subventionscharakter zukommt. Die Autoren zeigen, dass seit dem Jahr 2014...

Although Estonia developed a functioning market economy, it has hardly succeeded in catching-up economically with the richer countries of the euro area. Correspondingly, the level of social security is still rather limited. To improve the income situation and enhance the social security systems...

Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a functioning market economy. Against the backdrop of this positive image which contrasts strongly with the crisis scenarios in Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia...