Am 10. Juni 2018 stimmen die Schweizer über die Volksinitiative „Für krisensicheres Geld: Geldschöpfung allein durch die Nationalbank!“ (Vollgeld-Initiative) ab. Die Initiative fordert, dass den Geschäftsbanken die Schaffung von elektronischem Geld untersagt wird. Neues Geld soll als...

Relying on a large sample of countries, this paper quantifies the effect of political constraints, as measured by legislative control by the incumbent government, on the size of fiscal stimulus packages that have been put in place as reaction to the Great Recession. The results suggest that on...