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Inflation expectations, inflation target credibility and the COVID-19 pandemic : new evidence from Germany
Coleman, Winnie; Nautz, Dieter - 2021
Using the exact wording of the ECB's definition of price-stability, we started a representative online survey of German citizens in January 2019 that is designed to measure long-term inflation expectations and the credibility of the inflation target. Our results indicate that credibility has...
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The case for a positive euro area inflation target : evidence from France, Germany and Italy
Adam, Klaus; Gautier, Erwan; Santoro, Sergio; Weber, Henning - 2021
Using micro price data underlying the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices in France, Germany and Italy, we estimate relative price trends over the product life cycle and show that minimizing price and mark-up distortions in the presence of these trends requires targeting a significantly positive...
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Scarcity effects of QE : a transaction-level analysis in the Bund market
Schlepper, Kathi; Riordan, Ryan; Hofer, Heiko; … - 2017
impact on liquidity conditions as measured by bid-ask spreads and inter-dealer order book depth. We further show that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632212
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Liquidity in the German corporate bond market : has the CSPP made a difference?
Boneva, Lena; Islami, Mevlud; Schlepper, Kathi - 2021
Purchase Programme (CSPP). Did these purchases lead to a deterioration of liquidity conditions in the corporate bond market … Bundesbank's detailed CSPP purchase records with a range of liquidity indicators for both purchased and nonpurchased bonds. We … find that while the flow of purchases supported secondary market liquidity, liquidity conditions deteriorated in the long …
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Incumbency and expectations of fiscal rule compliance : evidence from surveys of German policy makers
Heinemann, Friedrich; Janeba, Eckhard; Todtenhaupt, … - 2020
In this paper, we analyze politicians’ expectations about future compliance with a fiscal rule, and in particular the dependence of the expectations on their role in parliament (opposition vs. incumbent government coalition). In addition, we explore how opposition and incumbent politicians...
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State-owned enterprises, fiscal transparency, and the circumvention of fiscal rules : the case of Germany
Heinemann, Friedrich; Nover, Justus - 2023
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) provide opportunities for a more flexible and market-based provision of public services. At the same time, they may impair fiscal transparency and offer politicians discretion in the presence of strict fiscal rules if these only constrain the core udget. Using a...
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A network analysis of the evolution of the German interbank market
Roukny, Tarik; Georg, Co-Pierre; Battiston, Stefano - 2014
-the-counter markets for liquidity in Germany: the interbank market for credit and for derivatives. We use end-of-quarter data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010405454
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Personal bankcuptcy law, wealth and entrepreneurship : theory and evidence from the introduction of a "fresh start"
Fossen, Frank M. - 2011
A personal bankruptcy law that allows for a "fresh start" after bankruptcy reduces the individual risk involved in entrepreneurial activity. On the other hand, as risk shifts to creditors who recover less of their credit after a debtor's bankruptcy, lenders may charge higher interest rates or...
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Lighting up the dark : liquidity in the German corporate bond market
Gündüz, Yalın; Pelizzon, Loriana; Schneider, Michael; … - 2021
We study the impact of transparency on liquidity in OTC markets. We do so by providing an analysis of liquidity in a … the U.S., the determinants of German corporate bond liquidity are in line with search theories of OTC markets. Third ….S. Our results support the notion that, while market liquidity is generally higher in transparent markets, a subset of bonds …
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The real effects of bank distress : evidence from bank bailouts in Germany
Bersch, Johannes; Degryse, Hans; Kick, Thomas; Stein, Ingrid - 2019
How does bank distress impact their customers' probability of default and trade credit availability? We address this question by looking at a unique sample of German firms from 2000 to 2011. We follow their firm-bank relationships through times of distress and crisis, featuring the different...
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