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What is CESifo?
CESifo
is the international platform of the University of Munich's Center
for Economic Studies and Germany's Ifo Institute for Economic Research
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Required reading: CESifo-MIT book on the pros and cons of financial
liberalization in developing countries.
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Newest at
CESifo
March
28th, 2006
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The upswing solidifies |
Ifo Business Climate Index Continues to Rise
The Ifo Business Climate Index for German industry and trade rose again in March. For the fourth
time in succession, the surveyed firms gave more favourable assessments of both their current situation
and their business expectations for the coming six months. They were especially more satisfied
with their present business situation than in February. This is an indication that the economic recovery
has stabilised further.
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Hands
off: This is our national champion |
Let National Champions Go
After a spate of
government-backed outbursts of economic nationalism in the attempt to block
takeovers of national champions by foreign firms, the EEAG group of economic
experts pleads for artificial obstacles to hostile and cross-border mergers
to be eradicated from Europe.
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Watch out for those imbalances |
Flying Lopsided
While trade surpluses
and foreign reserves balloon across Asian and oil-exporting countries, a
gaping trade and current account deficit yawns in the US. Will the unwinding
of this imbalance send the world economy into a tailspin? The European Economic
Advisory Group at CESifo urges the EU to upgrade its monetary policy instruments in
order to avoid a hard landing.
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Growing out of high-tech |
Unshackling the Giant
Experts call for reforming the Lisbon goals if Europe is to grow at all: the focus on a high-tech information-based economy leaves out other, equally successful, alternative roads to economic sucess. Furthermore, the experts call for
liberalising job markets and improving competition.
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Let schools compete for her brain |
Competing for Brains
Throwing money at education is no way to improve it. State education monopolies are fossilised, impervious to change.
So, what to do, if you want to improve the decaying European educational systems? Well, for starters, open schools to competition and increase parental choice, argues a just-released expert report.
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for hard data to support your research?
Visit
CESifo's DICE
Database for free-of-charge data
on country basics, education, labour markets, public finance,
social policy, health, business and much more.
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5th Munich Economic Summit
High-ranking
decision-makers will converge on the Bavarian capital on May 4-5 to discuss the effects of outsourcing and offshoring on the European economy. Among the speakers are WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy, EU Vice-President Günter Verheugen, the economics ministers of Germany, Austria and Latvia, the heads of major American, European and Indian firms active at both ends of the outsourcing business, as well as many top-ranked newspaper editors.
Registration for Journalists here.
Further info on the Summit:
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