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Markos Jung

Dr. Markos Jung

Personal Research Assistant of the Director

Tel+49 221 4981-606

Mailjung@iwkoeln.de

IW Publications

(in cooperation with Tobias Hentze)
Kapitalflüsse in die USA entlarven Steueroasen
IW-Kurzbericht 45/2018

(in cooperation with Matthias Diermeier, Michael Hüther)
It’s business models, stupid!
IW-Kurzbericht 33/2018

(in cooperation with Markus Demary, Matthias Diermeier, Michael Hüther, Jürgen Matthes)
Schriftliche Stellungnahme zu einer öffentlichen Anhörung des Bundestagsausschuss für die Angelegenheiten der Europäischen Union
IW-Report 20/2018

(in cooperation with Matthias Diermeier, Pekka Sagner)
Wirtschaftskrise bremst europäische Konvergenz
IW-Kurzbericht 30/2018


Hat die EU ein digitales Handelsdefizit gegenüber den USA?
IW-Kurzbericht 12/2018

It’s business models, stupid!
  • Matthias Diermeier / Michael Hüther / Markos Jung ·
  • IW-Kurzbericht ·
  • 11 Jun 2018

It’s business models, stupid!

In contrast to a massive current account deficit against China, the US runs a current account surplus with respect to the European Union. The US-EU surplus is largely driven by a positive service balance and primary incomes originating from US investments abroad. Services and primary incomes overcompensate the US goods trade deficit with the EU. Rather than representing a “rip–off”, the different balances reflect the economies’ different business models.

Economic crisis slows European convergence
  • Matthias Diermeier / Markos Jung / Pekka Sagner ·
  • IW-Kurzbericht ·
  • 18 May 2018

Regional growth: Economic crisis slows European convergence

Up until the economic and financial crisis, economic conditions in the European regions had been converging. This process has come to a complete standstill in recent years due to lower growth in Eastern Europe and stagnation in Southern Europe.

The poorer regions are not catching up anymore
  • Matthias Diermeier / Markos Jung / Pekka Sagner ·
  • Interactive Graphic ·
  • 18 May 2018

Convergence in Europe: The poorer regions are not catching up anymore

Before the economic crisis, European regions with low economic output per inhabitant grew faster than the wealthier ones. The living conditions on the continent became more similar. Since 2010, however, the process of catching-up has been stopped.

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