Die Krise der Europäischen Währungsunion ist durch den Konflikt um das Hilfsprogramm für Zypern im März 2013 erneut aufgeflammt. Nach einem gescheiterten Anlauf haben die Finanzminister der Euroländer nunmehr eine ordnungspolitisch vertretbare Lösung gefunden. Ihre Vorgehensweise hat...

We propose a clientele-based model of the yield curve and optimal maturity structure of government debt. Clienteles are generations of agents at different lifecycle stages in an overlapping-generations economy. An optimal maturity structure exists in the absence of distortionary taxes and...

The article discusses the close collaboration between governments and the financial industry. The author argues that governments and banks have formed an alliance against the real sector. He considers recent banking regulations as basically useless, if not dangerous, and proposes to split up...

We examine the dynamics of a country's growth, consumption, and sovereign debt, assuming that the government is myopic and wants to maximize short-term, self-interested spending. Surprisingly, government myopia can increase a country's access to external borrowing. In turn, access to borrowing...

Brazil has had a long period of high inflation. It peaked around 100 percent per year in 1964, decreased until the first oil shock (1973), but accelerated again afterward, reaching levels above 100 percent on average between 1980 and 1994. This last period coincided with severe balance of...

The conventional wisdom is that politicians' rent-seeking motives increase public debt and deficits. This is because myopic politicians face political risk and prefer to extract political rents as early as possible. An implication of this argument is that governments will under-save during a...

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat am 3. November 2020 zwar eine Niederlage erfahren, dennoch könnte der seit 2016 politisch in den USA herrschende Populismus als Mischung aus neuem Nationalismus und Protektionismus für einige Jahre andauern. Die US-Wahlen fanden unter besonderen Bedingungen...