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- Bach, Helena
- Bardt, Hubertus
- Beznoska, Martin
- Busch, Berthold
- Bähr, Cornelius
- Büchel, Jan
- Demary, Markus
- Demary, Vera
- Diermeier, Matthias
- Engels, Barbara
- Enste, Dominik H.
- Fremerey, Melinda
- Gerards Iglesias, Simon
- Grömling, Michael
- Hentze, Tobias
- Hüther, Michael
- Jansen, Anika
- Kauder, Björn
- Kirchhoff, Jasmina
- Kolev-Schaefer, Galina
- Küper, Malte
- Lesch, Hagen
- Matthes, Jürgen
- Mertens, Armin
- Neligan, Adriana
- Obst, Thomas
- Parthie, Sandra
- Pimpertz, Jochen
- Plünnecke, Axel
- Potthoff, Jennifer
- Risius, Paula
- Rusche, Christian
- Röhl, Klaus-Heiner
- Schaefer, Thilo
- Scheufen, Marc
- Schröder, Christoph
- Schäfer, Holger
- Seyda, Susanne
- Sultan, Samina
- Südekum, Jens
- Vogel, Markus
- Vogel, Sandra
- Voigtländer, Michael
- Wendland, Finn Arnd
- Werner, Dirk
Collective bargaining autonomy in a crisis of legitimacy?
In Germany, the employers recognised the trade unions as the appointed representatives of the employees in November 1918.
Hagen Lesch / Helena Bach / Sandra Vogel IW
Green Nudging – a key against littering?
The demand for cleanliness in cities is increasing: "Littering" - the illegal littering of public spaces - does not only cause costs for the environment and society, but also has significant financial consequences through increased cleaning costs.
Jennifer Potthoff IW
Nothing to do with data?: Data utilisation potentials for companies
If companies want to survive on the market in the long term, they cannot avoid the topic of data.
Barbara Engels IW
Industrial policy at the turn of the times
The current debate on industrial policy vacillates between the extreme positions of an orthodoxy of rejecting state action and a naive belief in the state's ability to control structural change.
Michael Hüther / Hubertus Bardt / Cornelius Bähr / Jürgen Matthes / Klaus-Heiner Röhl / Christian Rusche / Thilo Schaefer IW
The future of natural gas: how much more do we need and what comes next?
Natural gas has become increasingly important for Germany in the last three decades, be it for heating buildings, providing process heat in industry or generating electricity. At the same time, the dependence on imports of natural gas has risen to almost 100 percent in recent decades, with most of the imports coming from Russia.
Michael Hüther / Malte Küper / Thilo Schaefer IW
Europe must take the next step: Plan Delors 2.0
In the coming years, the world order of exchange and multilateralism, which has so far been shaped by the West, will lose power, and global institutions will find it increasingly difficult to fulfil their mission of balancing interests and promoting international cooperation and development.
Michael Hüther / Simon Gerards Iglesias / Melinda Fremerey / Sandra Parthie IW
This time is different but still risky: Banking crisis instead of financial crisis
The current crisis of some American and European banks inevitably triggers fears that an international banking crisis could lead to a new financial crisis. But things in 2023 are very different from those in 2007.
Michael Hüther IW
Does Nudging Help in the crisis?: Behavioral economic measures for freedom-preserving energy conservation
In view of the impending gas shortage, private households are called upon to reduce their gas and energy consumption. The moral appeals of those in power harbor the danger that people will react with reactance instead of the desired change in behavior.
Dominik Enste / Julia Hensen / Jennifer Potthoff IW
A New Era for the Defense Industry?
The Russian attack on Ukraine has brought the question of the German Armed Forces’ operational capability back into focus. National defense, which seemed to play only a minor role with the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union in 1991, now has gained a higher political priority again.
Klaus-Heiner Röhl / Hubertus Bardt / Barbara Engels IW
Single Market Emergency Instrument – An instrument with pitfalls
The Single Market is one of the most important achievements of the European Union (EU) and it contributes significantly to economic welfare. In fact, most of the international trade of the Member States takes place in the Single Market.
Hubertus Bardt / Berthold Busch / Christian Rusche / Samina Sultan IW
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