KBW 10: The report analyses whether differences in the base rates between federal states in Germany can be attributed to systematic cost differences.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 84: The envisaged Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) bears the potential to generate significant gains from intensified international trade, but also bears the risk of excessive investor protection concludes...

Deflation is said to dampen aggregate demand because consumers would defer purchases while waiting for prices to fall further in the future.

Der Deflation wird nachgesagt, die gesamtwirtschaftliche Nachfrage zu dämpfen, weil die Konsumenten ihre Käufe in Erwartung weiter fallender Preise zurückstellen würden. Wir überprüfen die Stichhaltigkeit dieser Argumentation auf der Ebene einzelner...

The new German federal government has stipulated a price cap as a response to the seeming “rent explosion” in German residential markets.

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 much on short-term measures to patch up the emergency of the moment, rather than formulating a comprehensive plan.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 58a: 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.

Vor dem Hintergrund der keynesianischen und der österreichischen Konjunkturtheorie wird diskutiert, ob Haushaltskonsolidierung und Schuldenabbau in den Krisenländern des Euroraums oberste Priorität haben sollten oder ob es kräftiger Impulse durch...