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Ifo Conference
Emerging Strengthened from the Crisis. Growth Potential of Education, Innovation and ICT Infrastructure

The German economy is in its deepest recession since the founding of the Federal Republic. The government's economic stimulus programmes foresee, among other things, billions in investments in the infrastructure starting with the renovation of schools up to the expansion of the broadband network and also measures such as the scrapping grant for the replacement of older with new motor vehicles. That creates demand in the short term but leads to much more state indebtedness in the long term. Can the state stimulate private-sector investment without fiscal intervention and thus help revive the economy and promote growth without itself falling into a debt trap? The question of how economic stimulus measures can be used in order to strengthen the medium- and long-term economic growth was the topic of this Ifo Conference on "Emerging Strengthened from the Crisis: Growth Potential of Education, Innovation and ICT Infrastructure" that took place on 22 April 2009 in Berlin and that is documented in this issue.

"Emerging strengthened from the crisis: potential for knowledge-based growth",
Ludger Wößmann, ifo Schnelldienst 10/2009, p. 3-8 | Download PDF-Datei (1.4 MB) (in German)

"Investments in broadband networks: competition vs. regulation",
Nina Czernich and Oliver Falck, ifo Schnelldienst 10/2009, p. 8-11 | Download PDF-Datei (1.3 MB) (in German)

"Effects of regulation on investment behaviour in network industries: The European telecommunications industry",
Lars-Hendrik Röller, ifo Schnelldienst 10/2009, p. 12-15 | Download PDF-Datei (872 KB) (in German)

"Long-term growth through research and innovation",
Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Jutta Allmendinger, Hariolf Grupp, Dietmar Harhoff, Patrick Llerena and Joachim Luther, ifo Schnelldienst 10/2009, p. 16-22 | Download PDF-Datei (1.5 MB) (in German)

"Educational system, PISA performance and economic growth",
Ludger Wößmann, ifo Schnelldienst 10/2009, p. 23-28 | Download PDF-Datei (644 KB) (in German)

"How do we get investments in modern broadband networks?",
Panel discussion with Roland Berger, René Obermann, Lars-Hendrik Röller, Hans-Werner Sinn, Roland Tichy, ifo Schnelldienst 10/2009, p. 29-35 | Download PDF-Datei (5.3 MB) (in German)

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Ifo Conference Emerging Strengthened from the Crisis. Growth Potential of Education, Innovation and ICT Infrastructure

Ifo Conference
Emerging Strengthened from the Crisis. Growth Potential of Education, Innovation and ICT Infrastructure