In their spring report, the leading economic research institutes forecast an increase in gross domestic product of 3.7 percent in the...

KKB 77: The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has interrupted the recovery in Germany. GDP is set to decline in the first quarter...

The recovery of the German economy is interrupted. The main reasons are the second Covid wave and the shutdown measures that have been...

Partisan conflict and policy uncertainty are frequently invoked as factors contributing to slow post-crisis recoveries. Recent events...

We summarise the empirical evidence on effects of asset purchases in the euro area, including the PEPP programme launched in response...

The paper argues that the monetary policy response to the COVID-19 crisis has been appropriate in terms of the ECB’s primary...

KKB 71: The German economy is recovering from the COVID-19 shock. With the successful containment of the coronavirus, output has...

We use a dynamic trade model with two sectors and two types of workers to analyze the optimal setting of income-generating tariffs....

Kiel Policy Brief No. 129: Despite the gloomy economic outlook for Germany, the Federal Employment Agency will continue to generate...

KBW 14: In the present Kiel Institute subsidy report the federal grants as well as total tax benefits are documented until the year...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 121: The author supports the hypothesis that the current positive financial position of the German health...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 114: The rate of contributions to unemployment insurance should be reduced immediately from 3 to 2.5 percent....

KBW 25: The authors observe that larger errors in forecasting wage tax revenues are accompanied by exceptional changes in the tax...

The coronavirus pandemic is triggering a severe recession in Germany. Economic output will shrink by 4.2 percent this year. ...

Germany will reintroduce parity funding of the statutory health insurance scheme in 2019 by lowering the contribution rates for...

KKB 62: The German economy is recovering only gradually. After a weak summer half-year, gross domestic product will hardly do more...

This paper analyzes Germany’s unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with...

Sovereign governments owe debt to many foreign creditors and can choose which creditors to favor when making payments. This paper...