Publications

Four out of five business leaders in the UK and Germany have clearly expressed their opposition to the hotly debated idea that the United Kingdom should withdraw from the European Union. If the withdrawal were to go ahead, the business leaders predict numerous negative...

This is the first part of our 3-Part Study Series on how Mega-regional trade agreements affect emerging markets. Part one looks at the effects such mega deals as the TTIP and TPP could have on the Latin American economies. Could they trigger a chain reaction?

Since the global financial and economic crisis the question has arisen how the four Southern European countries could stimulate economic growth. One possible instrument is a policy of wage restraint in order to improve price competitiveness. Using simulation calculations for...

Seit der globalen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise und der sich daran anschließenden Staatsschuldenkrise in vier südeuropäischen Krisenländern stellt sich die Frage, wie man die Krisenländer wieder auf einen stabilen Wachstumspfad zurückführen kann. Als eine mögliche Maßnahme...

The reasons that led both Portugal and Greece to a forthcoming default are, at the core, similar. Nevertheless, the pace at which the required reforms were implemented and their political support was not alike.

Our new Focus Paper “Two Economic Paths out the Crisis?”...

In our study “Costs and benefits of a United Kingdom exit from the European Union” from April 2015, we analyzed the static effects of a Brexit. We were able to show that due to less cross-border trade activities all 28 EU countries would suffer from lower economic growth....

Seit dem Beginn der 2000er Jahre erwirtschaftet Deutschland hohe Exportüberschüsse. Was in Deutschland als arbeitsplatzsichernder Erfolg begrüßt wird, stößt im Rest der Welt zunehmend auf Kritik. Vor allem im europäischen Ausland wird der Vorwurf immer lauter, dass deutsche...

Our new study on the economic impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) released today, adds important findings on the impact of TPP for both its members and for, those not a party to the agreement.

This trade pact was recently signed by the US and 11 other...

Am 19. August dieses Jahres wurde das Memorandum of Understanding zwischen der Europäischen Kommission und Griechenland unterschrieben. Das machte den Weg für ein drittes Hilfspaket für Griechenland frei. Damit können Griechenland in den kommenden drei Jahren Kredite in Höhe...

Since the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, the rules of world trade

have not changed. They do not account for the fact that the nature of international division of

labor is no longer the one that prevailed during the negotiations in the Uruguay Round...