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Industrial policy in Germany
  • Hubertus Bardt / Karl Lichtblau ·
  • IW-Analyse No. 139 ·
  • 8 September 2020

Industrial policy in Germany

Although manufacturing industry forms the principal economic basis for the country’s prosperity and employment, industrial policy does not have a good reputation in Germany. This is because the term is usually used to mean selective state intervention in individual markets and sectors, or on behalf of individual companies, rather than the creation of a general regulatory framework in which industry can flourish.

  • Hubertus Bardt / Karl Lichtblau ·
  • IW-Analyse No. 139 ·
  • 8 September 2020

Industrial policy in Germany

Although manufacturing industry forms the principal economic basis for the country’s prosperity and employment, industrial policy does not have a good reputation in Germany. This is because the term is usually used to mean selective state intervention in individual markets and sectors, or on behalf of individual companies, rather than the creation of a general regulatory framework in which industry can flourish.

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The importance of the automotive industry for Germany
  • Thomas Puls / Manuel Fritsch ·
  • IW-Report No. 43 ·
  • 7 September 2020

The importance of the automotive industry for Germany

The German automotive industry can now look back on a golden decade. Between 2008 and 2018 its businesses reached numerous record peaks in sales. The main driver was the strong market growth in China.

Taking stock five years after the strong influx
  • Wido Geis-Thöne ·
  • IW-Report No. 42 ·
  • 1 September 2020

The integration of the refugees is making great progress

Although the period of the strongest influx of refugees in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany is five years ago, more asylum seekers have come to Germany in recent years than at the beginning of the 2010s.

A Combined Study of Income and Wealth
  • Mariano Calderón / Judith Niehues / Maximilian Stockhausen ·
  • IW-Trends No. 3 ·
  • 24 August 2020

How is Prosperity Distributed in Germany?

Distributional analyses often focus on either income or wealth. However, a comprehensive picture of the material well-being of a nation’s households can only be obtained by considering both variables together.

Professional qualification and Digitization
  • Hans-Peter Klös / Susanne Seyda / Dirk Werner ·
  • IW-Report No. 40 ·
  • 18 August 2020

Professional qualification and Digitization

The current economic difficulties for numerous companies are likely to further intensify the structural trend of digitization. Especially in times of crisis, companies will decide on their use of the technical possibilities.

Positions in trade, economic and climate policy
  • Hubertus Bardt / Galina Kolev ·
  • IW-Policy Paper No. 16 ·
  • 17 August 2020

Biden versus Trump: Positions in trade, economic and climate policy

The American elections in November 2020 will be of great importance not only to the US itself, but also to Europe and Germany. While transatlantic cooperation has suffered under the current administration, a change of government has the chance for a new beginning.

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