CESifo Forum 2/2009 (Summer)

Focus: Fiscal Policy in Recession: US Fiscal Policy In Recession: What's Next? (Alan J. Auerbach) - The Lack Of An Empirical Rationale For A Revival Of Discretionary Fiscal Policy (John B. Taylor) - The Limits Of Fiscal Policy (John A. Tatom) - Keynesian Policies Stimulate Debate And Debt, Not Employment (James D. Foster) - Fiscal Policy For The Crisis (Antonio Spilimbergo, Steve Symansky, Olivier Blanchard and Carlo Cottarelli) - What Is Necessary And What Is Possible In Today's Economic Policy: The Infentive Effects Of German Economic Stimulus Packages (Wolfgang Eggert and Tim Krieger) - Specials: Why Tax Commercial Motor Fuel In The EU Member State Where It's Bought? Why Not Where It's Consumed? ( Charles E. McLure; Jr.) - Perspectives For The Global Economy- The Aftermath Of The Financial Shocks: Report On The 2009 CESifo International Spring Conference (Silvia Schula and Hans-Günther Vieweg) - Spotlight: A Look At China In The Current Crisis (Christoph Zeiner) - Trends: Statistics Update