Fiscal austerity has not led to a return of confidence and it is not at all certain that the current crisis strategy can be sustained politically and will eventually succeed. Government bonds of crisis-hit countries have lost their safe asset status and high risk premiums are impairing monetary...

Inhalt: 1.Vorbemerkungen 2. Die Euroblase 3. Die Kredithilfen der EZB: Von der Nothilfe zur Dauereinrichtung 4. Die Zahlungsbilanz und der Target-Saldo 5. Warum die Target-Salden Kredite sind 6. Die Verlagerung des Refinanzierungskredits 7. Vergleich mit dem Bretton-Woods-System 8. Von der...

Im Januar 2002 wurden die neuen Euroscheine mit großen Hoffnungen verteilt, heute, nur zehn Jahre später, steckt das Europrojekt in einer tiefen Krise: Was als europäisches Friedensprojekt begann, hat zu Streit und Unwillen geführt, der nur durch den tiefen Griff in das Sparkonto der...

In some countries, a sizable fraction of savings is derived from corporate savings. Although larger, traded corporations are often co-owned by foreign portfolio investors, current international accounting standards allocate all corporate savings to the host country. This paper suggests a...

In some countries, a sizable fraction of savings is derived from corporate savings. Although larger, traded corporations are often co-owned by foreign portfolio investors, current international accounting standards allocate all corporate savings to the host country. This paper suggests a...