Economic Policy Issues for the Next Decade

ISBN-13: 9781441954183 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 306 str.

Karl Aiginger; G. Hutschenreiter

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7 RZB Niederosterreich Wien, Osterreichische Lotterien, RLB Steiermark, Oester reichische Nationalbank, Bundesarbeitskammer, and Wirtschaftskammer Osterreich. We thank lise Schulz and Marianne Uitz for editing this volume. REFERENCES Aiginger, K., The New European Model of the Refonned Welfare State, Stanford University, European Forum Working Paper 2002, (2). Gordon, R. I., Two Centuries of Economic Growth: Europe Chasing the American Frontier, Paper prepared for the Economic History Workshop, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2002. JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ ECONOMIC POLICY FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY The subject of this lecture is economic policy issues for the 21 st century. This is obviously a very ambitious title and I will only be able to talk on a few selected topics. I th was very pleased with the invitation to come and address this 75 anniversary. First because of the importance that I associate to institutions like the WIFO as part of the democratic processes by which economic policy decisions get made - that is one of the themes that I am going to come back to. Second, of course, because the fact that the WIFO was founded by von Hayek and von Mises makes it a very interesting institution for any economist. The events of the last 75 years could hardly have been anticipated by either von Mises or von Hayek in the 1920s when the institution was founded. Nor I am not sure that they would have anticipated the way the economic science has changed.

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-Introduction - The Case for a New Policy Framework; K. Aiginger, G. Hutschenreiter. Economic Policy for the 21st Century; J.E. Stiglitz. -1: The Future of Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union. The Future of Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union; C. Allsopp. Economics Policies - Old and New? P. Mooslechner. The Case for Straightening Out Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union; M. Marterbauer. -2: Economic Policy Consequences of Population Ageing. Towards a Positive Equilibrium for Ageing Societies; G. Esping-Andersen. Population Ageing - A Problem not a Crisis; N. Barr. Economic and Social Policy in an Ageing Europe: Employment and Pensions; A. Larsson. The German Pension Reform - A Major Improvement on a PAYG System; G.G. Wagner. Activation as an Option for an Ageing Society; A. Guger. -3: The Potential benefits and Risks of the Enlargement of the Union in Central Europe. Eastern Enlargement: Some Basics; A. Steinherr. Optimal Path into the EMU: Big Bank or Gradualism? J. Fidrmuc. Institutional Aspects of EU Enlargement; András Inotai. Health not Wealth; D. Gros. What Can We learn About Labour Market Adjustment in Candidate Countries from Literature? P. Huber. -4: The Future of Public Finance. International Tax Competition: A New Framework for Analysis; P. Birch Sørensen. An Age of Diminished Taxation? Francesco Daveri. What Future for The EC Budget? E. Kitzmantel. The Development of Tax Structures in the EU Member States; H. Kramer. -5: Competitiveness in the Science-Based Economy. The Public Policy Challenge of the New Economy; P.A. Geroski. Competitivenessin the Science-Based Economy - The Irish Experience; S. Dorgan. Institutions and Innovation in the European Union; S. Micossi. What Do We Know About the New Economy? K. Aiginger. -6: The Scope for Economic Policy Advice. Empirical Economics Research and Economic Policy Advice: Some Remarks; G. Kirchgässner. Economic Policy Consulting: Some Personal Reflections; W. Franz. Political Economy in Economic Policy Advice; H. Kramer.