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The failure of ECB monetary policy from a Mises-Hayek perspective

Schnabl, Gunther - 2017

The paper analyses the common European monetary policy based on a Mises-Hayek overinvestment framework, which is combined with the theory of optimum currency areas. It shows how since the turn of the millennium a too expansionary monetary policy contributed to unsustainable overinvestment booms...

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Fiscal transfers in a monetary union with exit option

Hefeker, Carsten; Neugart, Michael - 2015

It is widely debated whether a monetary union has to be accompanied by a fiscal transfer scheme to accommodate asymmetric shocks. We build a model of a monetary union with a central bank and two heterogeneous countries that are linked by a fiscal transfer scheme with repercussions on monetary...

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Inflation targeting by debtor central banks in emerging market economies

Löffler, Axel; Schnabl, Gunther; Schobert, Franziska - 2010

to accumulate massive foreign reserves. If left unsterilized, the liquidity expansion can threaten domestic macroeconomic … stability. To contain domestic inflation these central banks absorb rather then provide liquidity in their regular monetary … surplus liquidity is less efficient, because absorbing liquidity raises the costs of monetary policy operations. By …

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Limits of monetary policy autonomy by East Asian debtor central banks

Löffler, Axel; Schnabl, Gunther; Schobert, Franziska - 2012

thereby increase surplus liquidity. East Asian central banks with more flexible exchange rate regimes also face surplus … liquidity that mainly emanates from past accumulation of foreign reserves. We show based on an augmented Barro …-Gordon-type central bank loss function that in both cases surplus liquidity limits monetary policy autonomy. In case of fixed exchange …

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Uncertainty and fiscal policy in an asymmetric monetary union

Hefeker, Carsten (contributor); Zimmer, Blandine (contributor) - 2008

The paper examines the monetary-fiscal interactions in a monetary union model with uncertainty due to imperfect central bank transparency. We first show that monetary uncertainty disciplines fiscal policymakers and thereby reduces taxes, average inflation and output distortions. However, as more...

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Optimal delegation when the large shareholder has multiple tasks

Graziano, Clara; Luporini, Annalisa - 2010

We analyze the optimal ownership, delegation and compensation structures when a manager is hired to run a firm and to gather information on investment projects. The initial owner has two tasks: monitoring the manager and supervising project choice. Optimality would require a large ownership...

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Voting in corporate boards with heterogeneous preferences

Balduzzi, Paolo; Graziano, Clara; Luporini, Annalisa - 2011

We analyze the voting behavior of a board of directors that has to approve (or reject) an investment proposal with uncertain return. We consider three types of directors: insiders, who are biased toward acceptance of the project, independent outsiders who want to maximize the firm's profit and...

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Ownership concentration, monitoring and optimal board structure

Graziano, Clara (contributor); … - 2005

The paper analyzes the optimal structure of the board of directors in a firm with a large shareholder sitting on the board. In a one-tier structure the sole board performs all tasks, while in a two-tier structure the management board is in charge of project selection and the supervisory board is...

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Optimal central bank conservatism and monopoly trade unions

Berger, Helge; Hefeker, Carsten; Schöb, Ronnie - 2001

OPTIMThe conservative central banker has come under attack recently. Explicitly modeling the interaction of a trade union with monetary policy, it has been argued that the standard solution to the inflationary bias in monetary policy might actually be welfare reducing if the trade union has an...

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Federal monetary policy

Hefeker, Carsten - 2001

What is the optimal institutional structure for an independent central bank? The paper shows when it will be optimal for a country to have a central bank to be organized according to federal, purely national or a combination of both aspects. The analysis is then extended to a supranational...

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