About the authors

Franz Prante is a research associate at the Technical University of Chemnitz, where he conducts research on the macroeconomic effects of monetary policy and the price elasticity of energy demand.

Alessandro Bramucci is a guest lecturer in economics at the Berlin School of Economics and Law and obtained his PhD from the University of Urbino.

Eckhard Hein is a professor of economics, specializing in European economic policy, at the Berlin School of Economics and Law and academic director of the Master’s program in International Economics. He was co-director of the Institute for International Political Economy Berlin (IPE) from 2015 to 2023.

Achim Truger is a professor of socioeconomics with a focus on government activity and public finances at the University of Duisburg-Essen and a member of the German Council of Economic Experts.