Kiel Policy Brief No. 60: In the wake of the global crisis, a new resentment against capitalism and the rules of our market economy has developed and has also influenced the economic mainstream.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 105: Self-interested and biased arbitrators are often held responsible for the legitimacy crisis of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Based on UNCTAD’s database on ISDS since the late 1990s, the author Peter Nunnenkamp...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 28. Cutting government subsidies could contribute substantially to consolidating the budget in Germany.

KBW 6: This study analyzes to what extent the rising share of foreign value added in exports and various factors of non-price competitiveness are related to exports and current account balances in the European Union and other large exporting...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 76: The authors show that a strong welfare state does not necessarily weaken countries' international competitiveness in a globalised world and, hence, there is no necessary "race to the bottom" in welfare states.