The European population is living longer but retiring earlier. More and more individuals are spending an increasing fraction of their life-time relying on retirement benefits. At the same time, social security programs face mounting financial difficulties. The purpose of this paper is to explain...

The purpose of the paper is to survey and discuss inflation targeting in the context of monetary policy rules. The paper provides a general conceptual discussion of monetary policy rules, attempts to clarify the essential characteristics of inflation targeting, compares inflation targeting to...

Die europäische Bevölkerung lebt immer länger, aber sie geht auch immer früher in Rente. Immer mehr Personen verbringen immer mehr Zeit im Ruhestand. Diese Tatsache verursacht immer größere Probleme für die staatlichen Rentensysteme. Dieser Artikel versucht Gründe für steigende Zahl vom...