The establishment of a Capital Markets Union (CMU) is a high-priority project of the European Commission. CMU should foster additional non-bank sources of finance, mobilize private savings more efficiently and enhance capital market integration. Although more integration is needed, the...

After a period of deepening financial integration, the financial crisis triggered a fragmentation of Europe’s capital markets along national lines. Financial integration was prone to sudden stops and capital reversals because cross-border capital flows predominantly consisted of short-term...

Die größte Wirtschaftskrise seit der Großen Depression in den 1930er Jahren wurde durch die Insolvenz der Investmentbank Lehman Brothers am 15. September 2008 drastisch verschärft. Dies stürzte die Finanzmärkte in eine Vertrauenskrise, die beinahe zum Zusammenbruch des weltweiten...