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MPIfG Discussion Papers
Martin Höpner und Alexander Spielau
Diskretionäre Wechselkursregime: Erfahrungen aus dem Europäischen Währungssystem, 1979–1998. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/11.
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Aleksandra Maatsch
Empowered or Disempowered? The Role of National Parliaments during the Reform of European Economic Governance. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/10.
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Elizabeth Carter
Constructing Quality: Producer Power, Market Organization, and the Politics of High Value-Added Markets. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/9.
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Philipp Korom, Mark Lutter, and Jens Beckert
The Enduring Importance of Family Wealth: Evidence from the Forbes 400, 1982 to 2013. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/8.
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Ariane Leendertz
Das Komplexitätssyndrom: Gesellschaftliche "Komplexität" als intellektuelle und politische Herausforderung in den 1970er-Jahren. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/7.
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Martin Höpner and Bojan Jurczyk
How the Eurobarometer Blurs the Line between Research and Propaganda. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/6.
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Adel Daoud, Björn Halleröd, and Debarati Guha Sapir
Quality of Government and the Relationship between Natural Disasters and Child Poverty: A Comparative Analysis. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/5.
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Barbara Fulda
Culture’s Influence: Regionally Differing Social Milieus and Variations in Fertility Rates. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/4.
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Thomas Paster
Bringing Power Back In: A Review of the Literature on the Role of Business in Welfare State Politics. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/3.
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Stefan Svallfors
Politics as Organized Combat: New Players and New Rules of the Game in Sweden. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/2.
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Wolfgang Streeck
The Rise of the European Consolidation State. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/1.
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Diskretionäre Wechselkursregime: Erfahrungen aus dem Europäischen Währungssystem, 1979–1998. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/11.
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Aleksandra Maatsch
Empowered or Disempowered? The Role of National Parliaments during the Reform of European Economic Governance. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/10.
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Elizabeth Carter
Constructing Quality: Producer Power, Market Organization, and the Politics of High Value-Added Markets. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/9.
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Philipp Korom, Mark Lutter, and Jens Beckert
The Enduring Importance of Family Wealth: Evidence from the Forbes 400, 1982 to 2013. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/8.
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Ariane Leendertz
Das Komplexitätssyndrom: Gesellschaftliche "Komplexität" als intellektuelle und politische Herausforderung in den 1970er-Jahren. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/7.
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Martin Höpner and Bojan Jurczyk
How the Eurobarometer Blurs the Line between Research and Propaganda. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/6.
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Adel Daoud, Björn Halleröd, and Debarati Guha Sapir
Quality of Government and the Relationship between Natural Disasters and Child Poverty: A Comparative Analysis. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/5.
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Online Appendix
Barbara Fulda
Culture’s Influence: Regionally Differing Social Milieus and Variations in Fertility Rates. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/4.
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Thomas Paster
Bringing Power Back In: A Review of the Literature on the Role of Business in Welfare State Politics. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/3.
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Stefan Svallfors
Politics as Organized Combat: New Players and New Rules of the Game in Sweden. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/2.
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Wolfgang Streeck
The Rise of the European Consolidation State. MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/1.
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Fritz W. Scharpf
After the Crash: A Perspective on Multilevel European Democracy. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/21.
New source: European Law Journal 21(3), 2015, 384–405.
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Frank Wehinger
Falsche Werte: Nachfrage nach Modeplagiaten. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/20.
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Mark Lutter and Martin Schröder
Who Becomes a Tenured Professor, and Why? Panel Data Evidence from German Sociology, 1980–2013. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/19.
New Source: Research Policy 45(5), 2016, 999–1013.
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Matías Dewey
Taxing the Shadow: The Political Economy of Sweatshops in La Salada, Argentina. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/ 18.
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Wolfgang Streeck and Lea Elsässer
Monetary Disunion: The Domestic Politics of Euroland. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/17.
New Source: Journal of European Public Policy 23(1), 1–24.
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Daniel Kinderman
Challenging Varieties of Capitalism's Account of Business Interests: The New Social Market Initiative and German Employers' Quest for Liberalization, 2000–2014. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/ 16.
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Alison Johnston and Aidan Regan
European Integration and the Incompatibility of National Varieties of Capitalism: Problems with Institutional Divergence in a Monetary Union. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/15.
New Source: Journal of Common Market Studies 54(2), 2016, 318–336.
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Martin Höpner and Mark Lutter
One Currency and Many Modes of Wage Formation: Why the Eurozone Is Too Heterogeneous for the Euro. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/14.
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Dominic Akyel
Ökonomisierung und moralischer Wandel: Die Ausweitung von Marktbeziehungen als Prozess der moralischen Bewertung von Gütern. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/13.
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Michael A. McCarthy
Neoliberalism without Neoliberals: Evidence from the Rise of 401(k) Retirement Plans. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/12.
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Mark Lutter
Creative Success and Network Embeddedness: Explaining Critical Recognition of Film Directors in Hollywood, 1900–2010. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/11.
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Damien Krichewsky
The Socially Responsible Company as a Strategic Second-Order Observer: An Indian Case. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/10.
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Josef Hien
The Return of Religion? The Paradox of Faith-Based Welfare Provision in a Secular Age. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/9.
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Martin Höpner
Wie der Europäische Gerichtshof und die Kommission Liberalisierung durchsetzen: Befunde aus der MPIfG-Forschungsgruppe zur Politischen Ökonomie der europäischen Integration. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/8.
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Jens Beckert
Capitalist Dynamics: Fictional Expectations and the Openness of the Future. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/7.
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Matías Dewey
Crisis and the Emergence of Illicit Markets: A Pragmatist View on Economic Action outside the Law. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14 /6.
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Sabrina Zajak
Pathways of Transnational Activism: A Conceptual Framework. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/5. Abstract
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Fritz W. Scharpf
No Exit from the Euro-Rescuing Trap? MPIfG Discussion Paper 14 /4.
New Source: Volker Schneider and Burkard Eberlein (eds.), Complex Democracy: Varieties, Crises, and Transformations. Konstanz: Springer, 2015, 135–154.
Renate Mayntz
Markt oder Staat? Kooperationsprobleme in der Europäischen Union. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/3.
Neue Quelle: Leviathan 42(2), 2014, 292–304.
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Jens Beckert, Jörg Rössel and Patrick Schenk
Wine as a Cultural Product: Symbolic Capital and Price Formation in the Wine Field. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/2.
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Sabrina Zajak
Europe Meets Asia: The Transnational Construction of Access and Voice from Below. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/1.
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After the Crash: A Perspective on Multilevel European Democracy. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/21.
New source: European Law Journal 21(3), 2015, 384–405.
Frank Wehinger
Falsche Werte: Nachfrage nach Modeplagiaten. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/20.
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Mark Lutter and Martin Schröder
Who Becomes a Tenured Professor, and Why? Panel Data Evidence from German Sociology, 1980–2013. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/19.
New Source: Research Policy 45(5), 2016, 999–1013.
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Matías Dewey
Taxing the Shadow: The Political Economy of Sweatshops in La Salada, Argentina. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/ 18.
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Wolfgang Streeck and Lea Elsässer
Monetary Disunion: The Domestic Politics of Euroland. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/17.
New Source: Journal of European Public Policy 23(1), 1–24.
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Daniel Kinderman
Challenging Varieties of Capitalism's Account of Business Interests: The New Social Market Initiative and German Employers' Quest for Liberalization, 2000–2014. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/ 16.
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Alison Johnston and Aidan Regan
European Integration and the Incompatibility of National Varieties of Capitalism: Problems with Institutional Divergence in a Monetary Union. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/15.
New Source: Journal of Common Market Studies 54(2), 2016, 318–336.
Full text via publisher
Martin Höpner and Mark Lutter
One Currency and Many Modes of Wage Formation: Why the Eurozone Is Too Heterogeneous for the Euro. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/14.
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Dominic Akyel
Ökonomisierung und moralischer Wandel: Die Ausweitung von Marktbeziehungen als Prozess der moralischen Bewertung von Gütern. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/13.
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Michael A. McCarthy
Neoliberalism without Neoliberals: Evidence from the Rise of 401(k) Retirement Plans. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/12.
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Mark Lutter
Creative Success and Network Embeddedness: Explaining Critical Recognition of Film Directors in Hollywood, 1900–2010. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/11.
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Damien Krichewsky
The Socially Responsible Company as a Strategic Second-Order Observer: An Indian Case. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/10.
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Josef Hien
The Return of Religion? The Paradox of Faith-Based Welfare Provision in a Secular Age. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/9.
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Martin Höpner
Wie der Europäische Gerichtshof und die Kommission Liberalisierung durchsetzen: Befunde aus der MPIfG-Forschungsgruppe zur Politischen Ökonomie der europäischen Integration. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/8.
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Jens Beckert
Capitalist Dynamics: Fictional Expectations and the Openness of the Future. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/7.
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Matías Dewey
Crisis and the Emergence of Illicit Markets: A Pragmatist View on Economic Action outside the Law. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14 /6.
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Sabrina Zajak
Pathways of Transnational Activism: A Conceptual Framework. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/5. Abstract
Fritz W. Scharpf
No Exit from the Euro-Rescuing Trap? MPIfG Discussion Paper 14 /4.
New Source: Volker Schneider and Burkard Eberlein (eds.), Complex Democracy: Varieties, Crises, and Transformations. Konstanz: Springer, 2015, 135–154.
Renate Mayntz
Markt oder Staat? Kooperationsprobleme in der Europäischen Union. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/3.
Neue Quelle: Leviathan 42(2), 2014, 292–304.
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Jens Beckert, Jörg Rössel and Patrick Schenk
Wine as a Cultural Product: Symbolic Capital and Price Formation in the Wine Field. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/2.
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Sabrina Zajak
Europe Meets Asia: The Transnational Construction of Access and Voice from Below. MPIfG Discussion Paper 14/1.
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Lukas Haffert and Philip Mehrtens
From Austerity to Expansion? Consolidation, Budget Surpluses, and the Decline of Fiscal Capacity. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/16.
New source: Politics and Society 43(1), 2015, 119–148.
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Fritz W. Scharpf
Political Legitimacy in a Non-optimal Currency Area. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/15.
New source: Olaf Cramme and Sara B. Hobolt (eds.), Democratic Politics in a European Union Under Stress. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, 19–47.
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Helen Callaghan und Alexandra Hees
Wirtschaftsnationalismus im Wandel der Zeit: Der politische Diskurs um ausländische Unternehmensübernahmen in Großbritannien seit den 1950er-Jahren. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/14.
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Inga Rademacher
Tax Competition in the Eurozone: Capital Mobility, Agglomeration, and the Small Country Disadvantage. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/13.
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Olga Malets
The Effectiveness of Transnational Non-state Governance: The Role of Domestic Regulations and Compliance Assessment in Practice. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/12.
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Renate Mayntz
Financial Market Regulation in the Shadow of the Sovereign Debt Crisis. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/11.
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Aldo Madariaga
Mechanisms of Institutional Continuity in Neoliberal "Success Stories": Developmental Regimes in Chile and Estonia. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/10.
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Mark Lutter
Is There a Closure Penalty? Cohesive Network Structures, Diversity, and Gender Inequalities in Career Advancement. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/9.
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Simone Schiller-Merkens
Framing Moral Markets: The Cultural Legacy of Social Movements in an Emerging Market Category. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/8.
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Wolfgang Streeck
The Politics of Public Debt: Neoliberalism, Capitalist Development, and the Restructuring of the State. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/7.
New source: German Economic Review 15(1), 2014, 143–165.
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Francesco Boldizzoni
On History and Policy: Time in the Age of Neoliberalism. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/6.
New source: Journal of the Philosophy of History 9(1), 2015, 4–17.
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Martin Höpner
Die Verschiedenheit der europäischen Lohnregime und ihr Beitrag zur Eurokrise: Warum der Euro nicht zum heterogenen Unterbau der Eurozone passt. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/5.
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Helen Callaghan
Who Cares about Financialization? Explaining the Decline in Political Salience of Active Markets for Corporate Control. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/4.
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New source: Socio-economic Review. Oxford: Oxford University Press 13(2), 2015, 331–350.
Maria Markantonatou
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Effects of the Crisis in Greece: A "Special Case" or a "Test Case"? MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/3.
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Renate Mayntz
Erkennen, was die Welt zusammenhält: Die Finanzmarktkrise als Herausforderung für die soziologische Systemtheorie. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/2.
Neue Quelle: Martina Löw (Hg.), Vielfalt und Zusammenhalt. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus, 2014, 95–114.
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Philipp Degens
Alternative Geldkonzepte – ein Literaturbericht. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/1.
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From Austerity to Expansion? Consolidation, Budget Surpluses, and the Decline of Fiscal Capacity. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/16.
New source: Politics and Society 43(1), 2015, 119–148.
Full text via publisher
Fritz W. Scharpf
Political Legitimacy in a Non-optimal Currency Area. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/15.
New source: Olaf Cramme and Sara B. Hobolt (eds.), Democratic Politics in a European Union Under Stress. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, 19–47.
Full text via publisher
Helen Callaghan und Alexandra Hees
Wirtschaftsnationalismus im Wandel der Zeit: Der politische Diskurs um ausländische Unternehmensübernahmen in Großbritannien seit den 1950er-Jahren. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/14.
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Inga Rademacher
Tax Competition in the Eurozone: Capital Mobility, Agglomeration, and the Small Country Disadvantage. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/13.
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Olga Malets
The Effectiveness of Transnational Non-state Governance: The Role of Domestic Regulations and Compliance Assessment in Practice. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/12.
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Renate Mayntz
Financial Market Regulation in the Shadow of the Sovereign Debt Crisis. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/11.
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Aldo Madariaga
Mechanisms of Institutional Continuity in Neoliberal "Success Stories": Developmental Regimes in Chile and Estonia. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/10.
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Mark Lutter
Is There a Closure Penalty? Cohesive Network Structures, Diversity, and Gender Inequalities in Career Advancement. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/9.
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Simone Schiller-Merkens
Framing Moral Markets: The Cultural Legacy of Social Movements in an Emerging Market Category. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/8.
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Wolfgang Streeck
The Politics of Public Debt: Neoliberalism, Capitalist Development, and the Restructuring of the State. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/7.
New source: German Economic Review 15(1), 2014, 143–165.
Full text via publisher
Francesco Boldizzoni
On History and Policy: Time in the Age of Neoliberalism. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/6.
New source: Journal of the Philosophy of History 9(1), 2015, 4–17.
Full text via publisher
Martin Höpner
Die Verschiedenheit der europäischen Lohnregime und ihr Beitrag zur Eurokrise: Warum der Euro nicht zum heterogenen Unterbau der Eurozone passt. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/5.
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Helen Callaghan
Who Cares about Financialization? Explaining the Decline in Political Salience of Active Markets for Corporate Control. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/4.
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New source: Socio-economic Review. Oxford: Oxford University Press 13(2), 2015, 331–350.
Maria Markantonatou
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Effects of the Crisis in Greece: A "Special Case" or a "Test Case"? MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/3.
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Renate Mayntz
Erkennen, was die Welt zusammenhält: Die Finanzmarktkrise als Herausforderung für die soziologische Systemtheorie. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/2.
Neue Quelle: Martina Löw (Hg.), Vielfalt und Zusammenhalt. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus, 2014, 95–114.
Abstract
Philipp Degens
Alternative Geldkonzepte – ein Literaturbericht. MPIfG Discussion Paper 13/1.
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