This paper highlights an inherent contradiction that exists within investment promotion
activities in rich countries. Since the financial crisis, many inward investment agencies have …

What explains Eurozone member-states' divergent exposure to Europe's sovereign debt
crisis? Deviating from current fiscal and financial views, From Convergence to Crisis focuses …

At a time of momentous shifts in the balance of world economic forces epitomized by the
current oil price boom, the weakening US dollar and the global credit crunch; the meteoric …

This paper analyzes the long-run sustainability of monetary unions. We infer from the EMU
experience that for monetary union to be sustainable, fiscal policy rules are necessary. That …

Background: Literature defines different types of flexibility and security with regard to work.
Regardless of which type of flexibility or security is discussed, the consequences for …

-Nimmt die Spezialisierung auf wenige Sektoren und Industriezweige zu, so steigt
gegenüber einer stark diversifizierten Produktionsstruktur die Wahrscheinlichkeit, daß …

In der deutschen Technologiepolitik hat sich ein bemerkenswerter Wandel vollzögen: Waren
deren traditionelle Bezugseinheiten bis Mitte der 90er Jahre einzelne Unternehmen …

The importance of analysing inflation sources and dynamics in Bulgaria is imposed by (i) the
long run process of price and inflation convergence to the Euro area and (ii) by the Currency …

During the 2003 Annual meeting of Pacific Forum leaders from the 16 member states (14
Pacific Islands and two advanced countries in the region, namely Australia and New …

La nascita della moneta unica e della Banca Centrale Europea, che ha comportato la fine
delle politiche monetarie condotte a livello di paese e l'abbandono del tasso di cambio …