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The Role of Trade in Addressing Major Economic Challenges

n Monday, April 20, DIW Berlin and its president, Marcel Fratzscher, proudly hosted Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and President Obama’s Chief Economist, to discuss trade and free-trade agreements in a talk attended by about one hundred participants. The talk focused on both old and new theories of the positive effects of trade on growth and middle-class incomes,...

Marcel Fratzscher on GDP-linked Loans for Greece:

DIW Economic Bulletin 9/2014:GDP-linked Loans for Greece

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SOEP People: a conversation with John Haisken DeNew

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...

Europe in the Global Economy - How to Stimulate Private Investment: Panel Discussion with Erik Nielsen, Global Chief Economist of UniCredit, Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, Ph.D., President and CEO of DIW Berlin and Professor of Macroeconomics and Finance at Humboldt ...

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...

The European Banking Union - How Will it Contribute to Financial Stability in Europe : Policy Panel in the frame of the conference: "Achieving Sustainable Financial Stability"

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,...

Sustaining Quality of Life across the Globe: The XII. Quality of Life Conference

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...

SOEP Konferenz 2014

The Euro Crisis and Its Aftermath: Panel Discussion with ESMT, Hertie School of Governance and DIW Berlin

Hertie School of Governance, Berlin 23 June 2014Panelists: Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, PhD, President and CEO of DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research), Professor of Macroeconomics and Finance (Humboldt-University Berlin)Prof. Jean Pisani-Ferry, Professor of Economics and Public Management, Hertie school of Governance, Commissioner-General for Policy Planning, reporting to the French...

SOEP Konferenz 2014

2014 - 11th Conference of the German Socio Economic Panel UsersJune 30 - July 1, 2014Venue: DIW BerlinHertie School of Governance

The ECB and its OMT Programme: Conference, Berlin, 2 September 2013

Organising Institutions: Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) Organizers: Marcel Fratzscher, Francesco Giavazzi, Richard Portes, Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Charles Wyplosz Venue and HostKfW Bankengruppe, Berlin Branch, Charlottenstraße 33a, 10117 BerlinKarl Friedrich Schinkel‐Hall 

Life in Germany: A film for potential SOEP respondents

Every year for the last 30 years, more than 20,000 people throughout Germany have been answering annual questionnaires about diverse aspects of their lives. The data collected through this survey have been used as the basis for more than 7,000 studies published in Germany and worldwide. In this short film, respondents talk about why they participate.

Thirty years of "Living in Germany": The History of the SOEP

The Socio-Economic Panel Study is celebrating a very special anniversary: 30 years ago today, interviewers rang the doorbells of SOEP survey respondents for the very first time. Since then, the SOEP data have been used by over 500 researchers worldwide. Who are the movers and shakers behind the longest-running multidisciplinary panel study in Germany? And what do the SOEP data tell us about the...

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