In the literature on currency and banking crises it has become the standard procedure to distinguish pure currency crises, pure banking crises and combined ('twin') currency and banking crises. We show theoretically and empirically that a similar differentiation should be chosen with regard to...

We show theoretically and empirically that twin currency and debt crises should be treated as a particular crisis type. Twin currency and debt crises differ from both pure currency and pure debt crises in their determinants, the course of the crises, and their economic consequences. We find that...

This paper investigates the relationship between the exchange rate regime and the degree of structural reforms using panel data techniques. We look at a broad sample of countries (the "world sample") and also an OECD sample. Our main findings suggest that adopting a fixed exchange rate rule is...

Die aktuelle Covid‐19-Pandemie offenbart einmal mehr die Vulnerabilität hoch entwickelter Ökonomien in Bezug auf unerwartete exogene Schocks. Vor diesem Hintergrund analysiert der vorliegende Beitrag am Beispiel der Europäischen Union, unter welchen Voraussetzungen kleine und mittlere...

Währungspolitik in der Übergangsphase zur Europäischen Währungsunion Nach den Vereinbarungen von Maastricht soll der Einstieg in die Europäische Währungsunion (EWU) noch in diesem Jahrzehnt beginnen. Dazu sind die bisher (faktisch) asymmetrische Interventions- und Anpassungslast im EWS...

The paper examines the stabilizing properties of fiscal policy for current account imbalances under alternative exchange rate regimes. Using a small open economy DSGE model with fiscal feedback rules, we investigate the dynamic responses of different shocks to macroeconomic variables and their...

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) was established to promote the exports of low-income countries to industrialized countries in order to support their economic growth and development. However, the design of these schemes is rather complex and the effects of GSP have been found to be...