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Debt Barometer

barometer_bildThe Kiel Institute barometer of public debt calculates whether or not public debt in EU countries is sustainable in the long term. more...

Kiel Policy Brief

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The Kiel Policy Briefs  provide their readers with quick, well-founded information on the Institute’s stance on current economic policy issues. more...

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Own contributions of IfW researchers to leading economic newspapers and magazines. more...

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Economic Policy Center

The Kiel Policy Package to Address the Crisis in the Euro Area

The reason why the Euro zone crisis has dragged on for so long is that Europe's leaders have focused too much on short-term measures to patch up the emergency of the moment, rather than formulating a comprehensive plan. The Kiel Policy Package - now available as Kiel Policy Brief 58a - comprises a set of short-term and long-term policy measures to overcome the crisis. Neither the short-term nor the long-term measures are sufficient on their own. Instead, they need to be implemented in conjunction with one another. more...


One for all – The ECB’s Inflation Target

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The ECB’s inflation target does not reflect the structural characteristics of the single Euro countries, rather the common target diverges from the optimal inflation rates of single member states. For this reason the Kiel researcher Henning Weber tries to answer the question how to determine the inflation target in a monetary union with a minimum of negative side effects. His Kiel Policy Brief 54 gives an overview of the relevant literature and draws conclusions for the euro zone. more...


Excessive National Money Creation Undermines the European Currency Area

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The monetary policy authorities of the Eurosystem have been operating in crisis mode for more than four years now. In their latest Kiel Policy Brief No. 51 “Euro Area: Single Currency, National Money Creation” Stefan Kooths and Björn van Roye, economists at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), give an alarming warning that a fundamental strategy change is needed to prevent the collapse of the single currency. While the window of opportunity is still open the room for maneuver narrows from month to month. more...


Positive Outlook for the Financial Situation of the Social Security System — What Can be Done?

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The financial situation of the social security system in Germany has improved due to the strong upswing and the increase of the rate of contributions in the beginning of 2011. The Kiel economist Alfred Boss stipulates that the rate of contributions to social security can and should be reduced significantly against the backdrop of the favorable financial situation in 2012 and 2013. The overall reduction of the rates should be 1 percentage point. more...

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Economic Policy Center
The Purpose: Promoting the visibility of the Kiel Institute in the public,  stimulating the policy debate within the institute.  

Team
Prof. Dr. Henning Klodt
(Head)
Dr. Klaus Schrader
(Deputy Head)
David Bencek
Margitta Führmann
Helga Huß
Dr. Claus Friedrich Laaser
Prof. Dr. Rolf J. Langhammer 
Sandra Martini 
Dr. Astrid Rosenschon
Dieter Stribny
Jutta Stribny

Publications

Contributions of the Center to economic journals and other scientific publications. more...

Policy Workshops

Policy Workshops are generally one-day events during which current policy themes are analyzed and discussed by Institute Researchers, external experts and a selected audience. more...

E-Book

"The Crisis and Beyond"

The recent financial and economic crisis has been recognized as a major challenge not only for the world economy, but also for economic research and economic policy advice. Economists working at or visiting the Kiel Institute have prepared a number of essays on several aspects of the crisis and on its potential long-term consequences. The editors and authors hope that the e-book will initiate a lively debate among researchers and policy makers who share a common interest in preventing another such crisis to occur in the future. more...