This paper studies monetary and fiscal policies in the euro area. It discusses the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation. As to policy competition, the focus is on competition between the European central bank, the German government, and the French government. As...

Die stabilitätspolitischen Erfolgsaussichten der europäischen Geldpolitik werden im ersten Kapitel einer kritischen Würdigung unterzogen. Allerdings wird auch betont, daß der Zusammenschluß zu regionalen Währungsräumen und die damit verbundene Abkehr von national orientierter Geldpolitik...

The financial crisis which started in 2007 has caused a tremendous challenge for monetary policy. The simple concept of inflation targeting has lost its position as state of the art. There is a debate on whether the mandate of a central bank should not be widened. And, indeed, monetary policy...

"Institutional Overburdening" to a large extent was a consequence of the "Great Moderation". This term indicates that it was a period in which inflation had come down from rather high levels. Growth and employment were at least satisfying and variability of output had substantially declined. It...