The upswing in Germany is starting to falter. In the third quarter, the economy shrank for the first time in three years. This decline...

Since the announcement of the outright monetary transactions program (OMT), government bond yield spreads have decreased substantially...

We investigate whether recoveries following normal recessions differ from recoveries following recessions that are associated with...

We investigate whether recoveries following normal recessions differ from recoveries following recessions that are associated with...

Output gap estimates at the current edge are subject to severe revisions. This study analyzes whether monetary aggregates can be used...

In einer Regressionsanalyse werden mögliche Determinanten kommunaler Verschuldung untersucht. Von erheblicher Bedeutung sind die...

Recent calculations have suggested that the German federal government has saved roughly EUR 90-100 billion, cumulatively, due to low...

The macroeconomic surveillance mechanism of the European Union, namely the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP), is based on the...

Kieler Beiträge zur Wirtschaftspolitik No. 12: The trend decline of productivity growth in Germany is not due to a single cause but is...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 7

Kiel Policy Brief No. 19: The author Jens Boysen-Hogrefe shows that Greece and the euro can still be saved. ...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 29: The regulations on the safety net for the euro are often criticized for its incentives for debtors. ...

Kieler Beiträge zur Wirtschaftspolitik No. 7: The European Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure aims to identify macroeconomic risks at...

Kieler Beiträge zur Wirtschaftspolitik No. 11: The persistently high German current account surpluses are subject to increasing...

Kieler Beiträge zur Wirtschaftspolitik No. 5: The report addresses potential effects on the German economy by the extremely...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 58: The reason why the Euro zone crisis has dragged on for so long is that Europe's leaders have focused too...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 45: Italian public debt has gained a lot of attention in recent years. The authors show that the causes of the...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 75: The current phase of low interest rates confronts German fiscal policy with a particular challenge. If...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 62: The Kiel Policy Brief by Jens Boysen-Hogrefe deals with the question how the budget of the German government...