Academic comments

"Editor’s Comments", in: H.-W. Sinn, ed., The European Balance of Payments Crisis, CESifo Forum 13, Special Issue January, 2012, pp. 104–105 (Download, 36 KB).

"Discussion of the paper “Monetary Policy, Labour Markets and Fiscal Policy” by Olivier Blanchard", in: The Deutsche Bundesbank, ed., Monetary Policy Over Fifty Years – Experiences and lessons, Routledge: Oxon and New York, 2009, pp. 142-148 (Download, 1.2 MB).

"Rejoinder to Jan Pen’s Comment"De Economist, Volume 153, No. 4, December 2005, pp. 479-482 (Download, 20 KB).

"Asymmetric Information, Bank Failures, and the Rationale for Harmonizing Banking Regulation. A Rejoinder on Comments of Ernst Baltensperger and Peter Spencer"Finanzarchiv 59, 2003, pp. 340-346 (Download, 1.6 MB).

"Foreword"CESifo Economic Studies 49, No. 1, 2003, p. 1 (Download, 104 KB).

"Reply to the Comment: ("Currency in Circulation, The Cash Changeover and the Euro-Dollar Exchange Rate“ by F. Seitz and U. Bindseil, "Why Has the Euro Been Falling?“ by H.-W. Sinn and F. Westermann"ifo Studien 48, 2002, pp. 341-345; (Download, 1.44 MB).

"Inflation and Welfare, Comment on Robert Lucas", A. Leijonhufvud, ed., Papers of the IEA ConferenceMonetary Theory as a Basis for Monetary Policy, Palgrave: New York, 2001, pp. 132-142 (Download, 786 KB)CESifo Working Paper No. 179, 1999; NBER Working Paper No. 6979, February 1999.

"A General Comment on the Old Age Pension Problem: A Funded System for those who Caused the Crisis", in: H. Siebert, ed., Redesigning Social Security, J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck): Tübingen 1998, pp. 197-203; (Download PDF, 158 KB).

"Reform in Eastern Europe / East-West-Migration: Book Reviews"Journal of Economics (Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie) 59, 1994, pp. 118-126 (Download, 661 KB).

"The Political Economy of Central European Trade with the European Community: Why so Sensitive?", comment on J. Rollo and A. Smith, Economic Policy 16, 1993, pp. 139-181 (Download PDF, 1.3 MB).

"Hungary's Transition to the Market: 'The Case against a 'Big-Bang'", comment on P. Hare and T. Révész, Economic Policy 14, 1992, pp. 228-264 (Download PDF, 1.52 MB).

"Restructuring enterprises in Eastern Europe", comment on W. Carlin and C. Mayer, Economic Policy15, 1992, pp. 346–348 (Download PDF, 200 KB).

"Rules for European Integration and Economic Policy", comment to A. Knoester, A. Kolodziejak and G. Muijzers, in: E. Baltensperger and H. W. Sinn, Exchange Rate Regimes and Currency Unions, McMillan: Houndmills and London 1992, pp. 285-286. (Download PDF, 208 KB).

"International Coordination of Tax Policies", comment to A. Lans Bovenberg, in: H. Blommestein, The Reality of International Economic Policy Coordination, North Holland: Amsterdam, New York etc. 1991, pp. 147-149 (Download PDF, 252 KB).

"Key Issues in the Reform of Personal Income Taxes, comment on Richard Goode", in: S. Cnossen and R.M. Bird, eds., The Personal Income Tax. Phoenix from the Ashes?, North Holland: Amsterdam, New York etc. 1990, pp. 81-83 (Download PDF, 280 KB).

"Two-moment Decision Models and Expected Utility Maximization", comment on J. Meyer, American Economic Review 79, 1989, pp. 601-602 (Download PDF, 105 KB).