In theory, the incidence of a tax should be independent of which side of the market it is levied on. This principle of liability side equivalence underlies virtually all theories of tax incidence. Policy discussions, however, tend to place great emphasis on the legal division of tax payments. We...

Widespread concern over real effects of EMU is consistent with new Keynesian approaches to macroeconomic fluctuations, but more difficult to reconcile with a real business cycle (RBC) paradigm. Using a model with frictions as a point of departure, I argue that nominal price rigidity in Europe is...

Most of the empirical studies dealing with international business cycles have disregarded the credibility issues that play an important role in the decision to join or not a monetary union. Most of empirical applications based on asymmetric shocks have failed to account for these aspects. In...

Im Zuge der Finanzkrise haben Ratingagenturen die Bonität einiger europäischer Staaten vermehrt abgewertet, wodurch sich das wirtschaftliche Umfeld der in diesen Ländern tätigen Unternehmen gewandelt hat und die betroffenen Aktienmärkte Verluste verzeichneten. Aus diesem Grund ist in...