Die hohe Relevanz von Bilanzstrukturrisiken im Niedrig- bzw. Negativzinsumfeld führt zu der zentralen Frage nach etwaigen Abhängigkeiten der präferierten Anlage- und Kreditlaufzeiten vom aktuellen Marktzins. Aus dieser Abhängigkeit wiederum resultiert die Frage nach der Angemessenheit der...

Theorien und Determinanten der Dividendenpolitik -- Genossenschaftliche Prinzipien -- Member Value Theorie -- Aktuelle Herausforderungen für Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken -- Empirische Analyse der Einflussfaktoren.

Thies Lesch analysiert, inwieweit das bestehende deutsche Recht auf die Folgen der negativen Zinsen im Kreditgeschäft vorbereitet ist und vor welchen Aufgaben die Banken in Deutschland stehen, um ihr Geschäft auch weiterhin erfolgreich betreiben zu können. Hierbei untersucht der Autor u.a....

Lukas Heim evaluates the performance of a price-level targeting rule compared to that of a standard inflation targeting rule. The comparison is based on a medium-scale DSGE model which has been estimated based on state-of-the-art Bayesian methods. The model for the Swiss economy is an expanded...

Holger Markmann studies covered bonds and their market behaviour upon the announcement and implementation of outright covered bond purchases by the eurosystem. After introducing the covered bond market, its reaction to the global financial crisis, and the functionality of unconventional monetary...

This book discusses contemporary banking and monetary policy issues from the perspective of the Austrian School of Economics. Based on the heritage of the Austrian school, leading scholars and practitioners offer a coherent diagnosis and analysis of the factors leading to Europe’s current...

The extensive monetary policy of central banks during the Great Recession has re-newed the interest in the relation between (possibly) non-neutral money and wealth and income inequality. In this work, a dynamic general equilibrium model approach is used to study the effects of an inflation rate...

Issues related to central banks feature regularly in economic news coverage, and in times of economic or financial crisis, especially when a commercial bank is bailed out, they become the focus of the policy debate. But what role do central banks play in a modern economy? How do central banks...

This volume investigates different aspects of monetary policy and prevention of financial crises. It discusses some recently suggested measures for central banks' responses to liquidity shortages and to the liquidity trap, methods for assessing the potential of crisis contagion via the interbank...

In this wide-ranging book, Wall Street legend Henry Kaufman recounts the events surrounding the catastrophic collapse of Lehman Brothers from his then vantage point on the board. He explains how, ironically, the Federal Reserve’s shortcomings contributed to its growing power. And he argues...