Structural Change, Innovation and Growth in the Single EU Market -- Wage Dispersion in Germany and the US: Is There Compression from Below? -- The Performance Effects of Unions, Codetermination, and Employee Involvement: Comparing the United States and Germany (with an Addendum on the United Kingdom) -- Ageing and Pension Reforms: Simulations and Policy Options -- Ageing and Global Capital Flows -- Effects of the Ageing Population on Capital Markets -- US Economic Outlook: Beyond the Credit Crunch -- Selected Innovation Factors: An International Comparison -- The Innovation Imperative and the Role of SBIR Innovation Awards -- Trips, Pharmaceutical Innovation and Access to Medicines -- The Knowledge Society -- Technological and Growth Dynamics in the New Member States of the European Union -- Benchmarking Innovation Performance on the Regional Level: Approach and Policy Implications of the European Innovation Scoreboard for Countries and Regions -- Energy Technology Policy in Europe -- US Climate Change Emissions Mitigation Policy: Energy Technology Push and Other US Policies -- EU-US International Relations: A Political Science Perspective -- Policy Issues and Fields of Cooperation.