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The risks behind the 'green bond' boom
  • Adriana Neligan / Markus Demary im EUobserver ·
  • Contribution ·
  • 21 Jun 2018

The risks behind the 'green bond' boom

The EU is currently making significant efforts to play a pioneering role in green financing. The aim is to adapt the financial system to its ambitions for climate, sustainability and clean energy. Key impulses here were the Climate Agreement of Paris, the Green Finance Study Group of the G20 and the Hamburg Climate and Energy Action Plan of the G19.

A Challenging Yet Important Impulse
  • Adriana Neligan for the Conference Board ·
  • Contribution ·
  • 4 May 2018

EU Circular Economy Package: A Challenging Yet Important Impulse

The European Commission aims to push forward the concepts of “recycle, repair and re-use” and waste avoidance with its Circular Economy Package. The rationale behind a circular economy is to keep resources in use for as long as possible by looking at the complete life cycle of a resource – from extraction to product design, production and consumption to waste management.

How much do we need, and how much will we get?
  • Michael Hüther in a Webcast of The Conference Board ·
  • Video ·
  • 25 Apr 2018

Productivity: How much do we need, and how much will we get?

Why has the productivity been growing so slowly for a very long time? What is driving the recovery and should we take this recovery serious or is this just a temporary phenomenon? These are the Questions, which are discussed in a Webcast of the Conference Board.

Will foreign businesses give up?
  • Michael hüther at Deutsche Welle ·
  • Video ·
  • 2 Feb 2018

Beijing is cracking down on VPN use: Will foreign businesses give up?

Companies in China must use state-approved networks since 1 February 2018. But they do need secure channels for data and information along their value chain, says Michael Hüther, Director of the German Economic Institute, in an interview with Germany's international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (German Wave).

Why are fewer German companies choosing to join the stock market?
  • Markus Demary / Klaus-Heiner Röhl in LSE Business Review ·
  • Contribution ·
  • 8 Dec 2017

Why are fewer German companies choosing to join the stock market?

Start-up activity is declining, private equity is growing, and households and institutional investors are shying away, write Markus Demary and Klaus-Heiner Röhl in LSE Business Review.

Chinese take-overs in Europe
  • Jürgen Matthes ·
  • Contribution ·
  • 10 Oct 2017

Chinese take-overs in Europe

How does the EU Commission’s idea of closer scrutiny of Chinese investments into European companies square with the same Commission’s advocacy in favour of open markets and free movement of capital? It is a delicate balance to strike between intervention and free markets. The EU needs to be careful not to lose credibility and scare away foreign investors which could endanger the many advantages of inflowing foreign direct investment.

At G20, the EU must walk a tightrope on trade policy
  • Ilaria Maselli / Jürgen Matthes for Euractiv ·
  • Contribution ·
  • 6 Jul 2017

At G20, the EU must walk a tightrope on trade policy

At this week’s G20, global trade will come into the spotlight. It will present EU leaders with the daunting task of juggling economic sanity and political reality, write Ilaria Maselli and Jürgen Matthes for Euractiv. Ilaria Maselli is a Senior Economist at The Conference Board. Jürgen Matthes is a Senior Economist at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research. They are the co-authors of the new report, Ensuring Accountability in Modern Trade Policy.

Don’t Sacrifice the EU for Trade with Britain
  • Michael Hüther for Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung ·
  • Contribution ·
  • 19 Apr 2017

Don’t Sacrifice the EU for Trade with Britain

Since the UK is the third most important export destination for German businesses and the British share some views on economic governance with Germans, the question arises about the German position in the Brexit negotiations. A contributin by IW Director Michael Hüther for German Newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung.

Zerfällt der Westen?
  • Michael Hüther im Handelsblatt ·
  • Contribution ·
  • 23 Mar 2017

Zerfällt der Westen?

Menschenrechte, Gewaltenteilung, Demokratie: Die Werte des Westens erodieren. Ist unser Gesellschaftsmodell am Ende? Nein. Doch die transatlantische Erzählung braucht eine lebenspraktische Übersetzung. Ein Gastbeitrag von Michael Hüther, Direktor des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln und Russell Berman, Professor für Geisteswissenschaften an der Stanford University und Senior Fellow an der Hoover Institution.

What’s the Big Deal?
  • Michael Hüther for Handelsblatt Global ·
  • Contribution ·
  • 20 Feb 2017

Balanced Trade: What’s the Big Deal?

Is Germany’s trade surplus really that bad? Those demanding action need to come up with better reasons than simply referring to economic models, writes a leading German economist.

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