ifo Media Center
The ifo Institute invites you to participate in the discussion of interesting economic topics via the Internet. In our ifo Media Center a whole series of remarkable events are available and can be viewed in full length. We also record selected speeches and presentations given by employees or at events and make them available in our Media Center.
Daria Schaller
Specialist
Felicitas Koch
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
Rebecca Seitz
Graphic Designer
Dr. Raphael Brade
Economist
Beate Görner
Management Assistant (ifo Dresden)
Ülkü Bıçakçı
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
Leon Hoegner
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
Boyan Petkov
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
ifo Viewpoint 242: Wanted: Geoeconomic Strategy for Trade Relations
The planned investment by the Chinese state-owned group Cosco in HLLA, the operator of the Port of Hamburg, has triggered a fierce dispute. Critics of the investment argue that the Chinese government would gain unwanted control over the port facilities. Supporters, meanwhile, maintain that it is only a minority stake and that the German government is in a position to impose conditions on port operators, regardless of who the owner is.
Caterina Pavese, Ph.D.
Economist
Nikola Noske
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
Dr. Sebastian Blesse
Economist
ifo Viewpoint 241: Europe Must Avoid a Subsidy Race
The energy crisis – especially the shortage of gas due to a loss of supplies from Russia – is plunging Europe into recession and causing social tensions and distributional conflicts. European governments are eagerly seeking ways to defuse the situation, but they will succeed only if they cooperate closely. The cross-border energy market must remain open, and the European Union should leverage its market power when purchasing gas in third countries. But without coordinated national crisis-management strategies, Europe’s response could become a self-defeating subsidy race.
Julia Stele
Graphic Designer
Dr. Yossef Pinhas
Team Assistant
Lisa Scheckenhofer
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
Simon ter Meulen, Ph.D.
Economist
Anne Steuernagel
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
ifo Viewpoint 240: The ECB’s Toxic Bond-Purchase Program
It is unclear why the European Central Bank has introduced a new asset-purchase instrument instead of using its existing Outright Monetary Transactions facility. By shielding countries from both market forces and political commitments, the Transmission Protection Instrument risks destabilizing European monetary union.
ifo Viewpoint 239: The Government Should Stay out of Wage Policy — Supply-Side Reforms Make More Sense in the Fight against Inflation
How can inflation be contained in Germany? Wages are currently playing a major role in this discussion. Trade unions point out that the current inflation rate of more than 8 percent is reducing employees’ real incomes.
