The paper investigates the factors determining long‐term interest rates. Our estimation results for major industrialized economies suggest that central banks have actually had a key influence on the level of long‐term interest rates.   

Deutsche Dax- und M-Dax-Konzerne haben in den vergangenen Jahren immer häufiger von der Möglichkeit Gebrauch gemacht, ihre eigenen Anteile zurückzukaufen. Niedrige Zinsen, hohe Kassenbestände und geringe Kurs-Gewinn-Verhältnisse haben aus Sicht des A ...

We empirically study the role of different family policies in affecting women's labor market behavior in the European Union.  

Increasing levels of income inequality have recently attracted much attention. The literature has concentrated on the hypothesis that increasing levels of income inequality are the cause of slow growth and social unbalances.  

The paper investigates factors determining the current account in the European Union. In addition to the standard determinants of the current account, explanatory variables describing sectoral composition are included.