Boom-bust cycles in real estate markets have been major factors in systemic financial crises and therefore need to be at the forefront of macroprudential policy. The geographically differentiated nature of real estate market fluctuations implies that these policies need to be granular across...

For the largest 55 German banks, we detect the presence of countercyclical yield seeking in the form of acquisition of high-yielding periphery bonds in the period from Q1 2008 to Q2 2011. This investment strategy is pursued by banks not subject to a bailout, banks characterised by high...

On 23rd February 2017, SUERF and EY organized a conference on "Brexit and the Implications for Financial Services" at EY's offices, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London. While the outcome of the Brexit negotiations remains highly uncertain, the conference discussed the burning questions for...

Modern monetary economists argue that institutional aspects such as central bank independence and central bank conservatism play an important role for the performance of an economy. In order to be able to compare the effects of different institutions it is necessary to measure both central bank...

The workhorse open-economy macro model suggests that capital inflows are contractionary because they appreciate the currency and reduce net exports. Emerging-market policymakers however believe that inflows lead to credit booms and rising output, and the evidence appears to go their way. To...

The workhorse open-economy macro model suggests that capital inflows are contractionary because they appreciate the currency and reduce net exports. Emerging market policy makers however believe that inflows lead to credit booms and rising output, and the evidence appears to go their way. To...

We analyze the effect of mandatory financial transparency on corporate tax avoidance. Capital Requirements Directive IV by the European Commission required multinational banks to publish key financial and tax data in the form of public Country-by-Country Reporting. We examine tax avoidance of...

This study documents the relationship between foreign monetary policy and firms' ex-ante forward-looking default probability measures. We analyze market-based measures of default for large non-financial firms in the US and the EMU area. We propose two transmission mechanisms of foreign policy...

This paper reports findings on multiple important phenomena in capital flow literature: internal and external shock transmission to foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment. Operating on Turkey as a case study, I disaggregate quarterly gross capital inflows (FDI and FPI) and...

This paper evaluates the role of multinational activities on the transmission of monetary policy. I document that U.S. multinationals are more responsive to monetary policy than their domestic peers. Following monetary policy loosening, the increase in investment is larger for U.S. firms with...