The paper gives an overview over issues concerning the role of financial stability in monetary policy and the relation between banking supervision and central banking. Following a brief account of developments in the European Monetary Union since its creation, the systematic treatment contains...

Im November 2014 wird die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) die Bankenaufsicht im Euroraum übernehmen. Die vorliegende Arbeit skizziert den bisherigen Weg zur einheitlichen Bankenaufsicht und beschreibt kurz die Kernpunkte der entsprechenden Verordnung. Es werden dann die Vor- und Nachteile einer...

In November 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) will take responsibility for banking supervision in the euro area. This paper outlines the way to this single supervisory mechanism (SSM) and briefly describes the main points of the new SSMRegulation. Then, the advantages and disadvantages of...

Over the past 40 years, regulatory reforms have been undertaken on the assumption that markets are efficient and self-corrective, crises are random events that are unpreventable, the purpose of an economic system is to grow, and economic growth necessarily improves well-being. This narrow...

This contribution to the Festschrift for the Centenary of the Swiss National Bank discusses the prospects for monetary stability and financial stability after the creation of the European Monetary Union. Topics covered include the robustness of institutional arrangements and their implications...

The paper discusses the prospects for European Banking Union as they appear in the summer of 2014. The first part gives an overview over the problems that gave rise to the Banking Union initiative, the second part discusses the legislative measures that have been taken towards this objective....

We study the impact of ECB's supervisory announcements on the Bank Stock index, from 2013 through 2017. Our evidence shows that the news, related to supervisory actions, do have highly significant effects on the market price of banks, contributing to the volatility of the Bank Stock Index for...

Discussions about the banking union have restarted. Its success so far is limited: national banking sectors are still overwhelmingly exposed to their own countries’ economies, cross border banking has not increased and capital and liquidity remain locked within national boundaries. The policy...