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ifo Business Survey Service (2019b)
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ifo World Economic Survey (2018q1)
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ifo Business Survey Service (2013a)
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ifo Viewpoint 238: Don’t Raise the Eurozone’s Public-Debt Limit
In February 2020, the European Commission announced that it would present a plan for reforming the eurozone’s economic governance, including the rules for public debt. After a lengthy postponement due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the project is now back on the table, amid widespread calls to give governments more leeway, for example to finance climate protection spending.
ifo Viewpoint No. 181: The Minimum Wage: Time to Take Stock
On 1 January 2015 a nationwide minimum wage of 8.50 euros per hour was implemented in Germany. As of January 2017 this wage will be raised to 8.84 euros. It is time to take stock. Although the debate over the minimum wage focuses strongly on its employment effects, the key question is how the minimum wage has impacted the wages actually paid in Germany. Average wages in Germany rose by 2.3 percent in 2015 versus 2014. In eastern Germany this increase amounted to 3.9 percent, and among unskilled workers it was as high as 7.9 percent. So the minimum wage seems to be working.
ifo Viewpoint 250: Can Economic Growth and Ecological Sustainability Coexist?
Is long-term economic growth compatible with ecologically sustainable development? This question stands as one of the most debated issues of our time. Over the past decades, growth driven by economic liberalization and globalization has brought prosperity to billions and reduced global poverty. However, this positive trajectory has come at a high cost to the environment and the depletion of natural resources. The limitations of economic growth at the expense of the environment are evident. Sustainable economic prosperity can only be achieved in the long run if it is coupled with ecological sustainability.
ifo Business Survey Construction (2016a)
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EBDC Business Expectations Panel (2017)
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EBDC Business Investment Panel (2021)
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ifo Viewpoint No. 209: Reform of Property Tax Is Unnecessarily Complicated
Following lengthy negotiations, the federal and state governments in Germany have agreed to a reform of property tax, and the Bundestag has now enacted the reform. The debate centered on two concepts: an area-based tax and a value-based one. In the end, it was agreed to use value as the basis for measurement.
EBDC Business Innovation Panel (2013)
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ifo Viewpoint 247: The German Economic Model – Decline or Second Economic Miracle?
What is the future of Germany’s economic model? The Russian attack on Ukraine has triggered a debate about the further development of prosperity in Germany.
EBDC Business Expectations Panel (2023)
10.7805/ebdc-bep-2023
ifo World Economic Survey (2012)
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Personnel Manager Survey (2019)
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Ifo Viewpoint No. 179: EU Budget Reform: How to Spend It
What does the EU actually do with all of the money at its disposal? If you ask the ‘man on the street’ you get the following answer: most of the money goes to agricultural subsidies. Some people may also recall building site boards that refer to financial support from the EU’s regional and structural policy.
ifo Viewpoint No. 192: Hundred Year High Inequality in Germany? – A Fairy Tale Based on Selective Perception
Wikipedia defines selective perception as a psychological phenomenon whereby only certain aspects of the environment are perceived while others are blanked out. And this definition perfectly describes the current debate on inequality in Germany. The only facts and half-truths widely perceived and publicised by the media are those supporting the argument that there is a steadily growing gap between the rich and the poor. Other facts, which show that inequality is falling, are ignored because they do not fit in with the simple, easy-sell story of a growing divide.
ifo Business Survey Trade (2016a)
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ifo Business Survey Service (2023a)
10.7805/ebdc-ibs-serv-2023a
ifo Investment Survey Trade (2013)
10.7805/ebdc-ivs-tra-2013