Die Reduktion von Treibhausgasemissionen ist ein wichtiges wirtschaftspolitisches Ziel der EU. Für die angestrebte Transformation der Wirtschaft sind massive Investitionen für die Erneuerung des Kapitalstocks und für Prozessinnovationen erforderlich. Die expansive Geldpolitik der EZB...

The European Banking Union tries to resolve the trade-off between financial market stability and the taxpayers' burden through bank bailouts. Moreover the Banking Union seeks for reducing the interdependence of banks and sovereigns in the Euro area. The Banking Union represents an important step...

This paper analyses the Nairu in the Euro Area and the influence that monetary policy had on its development. Using the Kalman-filter technique we find that the Nairu has varied considerably since the early seventies. The Kalman-filter technique is applied here for the first time using explicit...

Using unit labor cost (ULC) data from Euro area countries as well as US States and German La͏̈nder we investigate inflation convergence using different approaches, namely panel unit root tests, cointegration tests and error-correction models. All in all we cannot reject convergence of ULC...

Using a modified version of the model presented by Belke and Gros (2007), we analyze the stability of adjustment in a currency union. Using econometric estimates for parameter values we check the stability conditions for the 11 original EMU countries and Greece. We found significant instability...

Using unit labor cost (ULC) data from Euro area countries as well as US States and German Länder we investigate inflation convergence using different approaches, namely panel unit root tests, cointegration tests and error-correction models. All in all we cannot reject convergence of ULC growth...

This paper compares relative unit labour cost developments in the countries of the euro-area since the beginning of the European Monetary Union (EMU) both with historical developments and with intra-regional unit labour cost developments in the United States of America and Germany. To this end,...

A sea change in the geopolitical environment and the 'green and the digital revolution' are forcing Europe to rethink its approach to industrial policy. Russia's war in Ukraine has ushered in a new era for Europe's economic diplomacy, supply security, and military spending. The war poses a...