John Haisken-DeNew is Professor of Economics and Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne. Originally from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he came to Germany in 1988 first as a research assistant, then as a doctoral student. In 1996, he joined the Socio-Economic Panel at DIW Berlin and remained until 2002. His research interests range from...
Only strong economic growth will help Europe emerge from its crisis. The reforms implemented to date at national and European level have failed to impact the economy positively; this is due to excessive national, corporate, and private debts, weakness of the banking system, the lack of structural reforms, an insufficient institutional framework at European level, as well as a persisting climate of...
While still struggling with the financial and sovereign debt crisis, the financial markets, the real economy and governments seem to be experiencing slightly less tension. The discussion can now be shifted from imminent crisis management to longer-term financial stability considerations. Banks and other financial intermediaries have to make adjustments to their business models which allow them to...
Facilitator: Marcel Fratzscher (German Institute for Economic Research, DIW Berlin)Panelists: Elke Gurlit (University Mainz), Levin Holle (Ministry of Finance), Jörg Rocholl (ESMT European School of Management and Technology)
The panelists will mainly tackle the following issues:
What are the risks during the transition phase?
Has the new supervisory agency all the necessary tools,...
Das DIW Berlin richtete am 11. und 12. September 2014 die erste Jahrestagung des vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Berlin Interdisciplinary Education Research Network (BIEN) aus. Zwei Tage lang hatten etwa 80 Nachwuchsbildungsforscher aus Berlin und Brandenburg die Möglichkeit, ihre Forschungsideen und Ergebnisse zu präsentieren und mit...
25 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall - Wie haben sich Wirtschaft, Vermögen und Lebensverhältnisse in Ost- und West-Deutschland entwickelt?
Die optimistische Erwartung der Wendezeit, dass der Osten Deutschlands in Sachen Wirtschaftskraft und Lebensstandards rasch zum Westen aufschließen wird, hat sich nicht erfüllt. Der wirtschaftliche Rückstand der neuen Bundesländer ist...
This interdisciplinary ISQOLS 2014 conference was hosted at the Free University in Berlin, Germany in conjunction with the departments of psychology, sociology, and economics and in cooperation with the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) on September 15-18, 2014.
More details about the topics, sessions, fees, and publication opportunities are available at www.isqols.org...
Am 19. September war Bundeswirtschaftsminister Sigmar Gabriel im DIW Berlin zu Gast, um das neue Buch von Marcel Fratzscher mit dem Titel "Die Deutschland-Illusion. Warum wir unsere Wirtschaft überschätzen und Europa brauchen" vorzustellen. Im Anschluss gab es eine Podiumsdiskussion mit Sigmar Gabriel und dem DIW-Präsidenten, die von Marc Beise, Ressortleiter Wirtschaft der Sü...