Author: Martin Höpner / Publication Year: within 10 Years

Author:: Martin Höpner
Publication Date:: 02-2019
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Abstract:: Germany is an undervaluation regime, a regime that steers economic behavior towards deterioration of the real exchange rate and thereby towards export surpluses. This regime has brought the eurozone to the brink of collapse. But it is much older than the euro. It was established during the Bretton Woods years and has survived all subsequent European currency orders. The regime operates in two steps: competitive disinflation against trading partners; and resistance against correcting revaluations. The Bretton Woods order provid- ed perfect conditions for the establishment and perpetuation of the regime: it was flexible enough for sufficient macroeconomic policy autonomy to bring about differential inflation rates, and sticky enough to delay and minimize revaluations.
Topic:: Political Economy, Regional Cooperation, Capitalism, and Inflation
Political Geography:: Europe, Germany, and Central Europe

Author:: Martin Höpner and Bojan Jurczyk
Publication Date:: 10-2015
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Abstract:: This paper reviews Eurobarometer surveys from 1995 to 2010 and shows how Eurobarometer selects and frames questions in ways that systematically produce “integrationist” outcomes. The violations of the rules of good public opinion research concern incomprehensible, hypothetical, and knowledge-inadequate questions, unbalanced response options, insinuation and leading questions, context effects, and the strategic removal of questions that led to critical responses in previous Eurobarometer waves. It is highly unlikely that the violations happen unintentionally. Eurobarometer therefore blurs the line between research and propaganda.
Topic:: Sociology, Public Opinion, and Research
Political Geography:: Global Focus

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