This dissertation was written by Christopher Weber during his time as a research assistant at the Center for Economic Studies (CES) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich. It was handed in at the department of Economics at the LMU Munich in July 2016. The goal of the thesis is to...

Die Arbeit stellt zunächst das Interventionsverhalten der Notenbanken seit 1973 und die zugrundeliegenden Eingriffsgründe dar. Daran schließt sich eine umfangreiche theoretische und empirische Analyse der Interventionswirkungen an. Zielsetzung der Studie ist es, die bereits vorliegenden...

This paper reviews and summarizes the literature that has concentrated on budget consolidations and their fiscal and economic effects. The issue of fiscal adjustments has again gained importance due to the recent economic crisis and the resulting fiscal imbalances. The existing literature shows...