Initiatives to reduce transatlantic trade barriers or to harmonize trade-related domestic policies in the EU and the US appear regularly on the agenda of policy makers. The last decade saw also considerable steps in transatlantic economic cooperation focusing on special aspects. In February...

The experience of the global financial crisis, the post-crisis market environment and changes to regulatory frameworks have had a marked impact on the banking sector globally. The CGFS Working Group examined trends in bank business models, performance and market structure over the past decade,...

The agreement to establish a Single Supervisory Mechanism in Europe is a major step towards a Banking Union, consisting of centralized powers for the supervision of banks, the restructuring and resolution of distressed banks, and a common deposit insurance system. In this paper, we argue that...

The economic and financial crisis that emerged in 2008 also initiated an intense discussion on macroeconomic research and the role of economists in society. The debate focuses on three main issues. Firstly, it is argued that economists failed to predict the crisis and to design early warning...

The global financial crisis has brought to an end a rather unprecedented period of banks’ international expansion. We analyze the effects of the crisis on international banking. Using a detailed dataset on the international assets of all German banks with foreign affiliates for the years...

We explore the impact of large banks and of financial openness for aggregate growth. Large banks matter because of granular effects: if markets are very concentrated in terms of the size distribution of banks, idiosyncratic shocks at the bank-level do not cancel out in the aggregate but can...

Auch im Jahr 1995 kam es in Rußland nicht zu einer realwirtschaftlichen Erholung. Das Jahr wird mit einem weiteren Rückgang des Bruttoinlandsprodukts abschließen, wenngleich dieser mit voraussichtlich 4 vH geringer ausfallen wird als im Vorjahr. Eine genauere Betrachtung der Industriebranchen...

Seit 1992 berichten das Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung in Berlin, das Institut für Weltwirtschaft in Kiel und das Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle im Auftrag des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums zweimal jährlich über „Die wirtschaftliche Lage Rußlands". Die Institute...