Most Continental European labour markets and welfare states underwent a substantial transformation over the last two decades moving from a situation of low employment and limited labour market inequality to higher employment, but also more inequality. Germany is a case in point as it exhibits...

Most Continental European labour markets and welfare states underwent a substantial transformation over the last two decades moving from a situation of low employment and limited labour market inequality to higher employment, but also more inequality. Germany is a case in point as it exhibits...

This paper evaluates the temporary VAT reduction invoked by the German government over the third and fourth quarter of 2020 as part of the COVID-19 stimulus package. There is considerable controversy. Critics argue that VAT reductions are ineffective in the presence of lockdown measures in place...

Distinguishing pure supply effects from other determinants of price and quantity in the market for loans is a notoriously difficult problem. Using German data, we employ Bayesian vector autoregressive models with sign restrictions on the impulse response functions in order to enquire the role of...

This paper analyses the role of bank-related constraints in explaining the sharp slowdown in bank lending to non-financial corporations in Germany during the recent financial crisis. We use a panel approach based on a unique data set which matches the individual responses of the banks...

Nach dem Ausbruch der internationalen Finanzkrise wird hier eine erste Bilanz für den deutschen Bankensektor gezogen. Dabei zeigt sich: Es bestehen weiterhin erhebliche Risiken. Die systemische Relevanz einzelner Banken ist sogar noch gestiegen. Wesentlich für die Zukunftsfähigkeit des...

This paper presents a micro data approach to the identification of credit crunches. Using a survey among German firms which regularly queries the firms' assessment of the current willingness of banks to extend credit we estimate the probability of a restrictive credit supply policy by time...

This paper addresses the credit channel in Germany by using aggregate data. We present a stylized model of the banking firm in which banks decide on their loan supply in light of uncertainty about the future course of monetary policy. Applying a vector error correction model (VECM), we estimate...

The new bank regulations generally summarised as Basel IV include the introduction of an out-put floor. This means that banks are allowed less deviation from standard approaches when using internal models. This change will have far-reaching consequences. According to estimates by the European...

Die veränderte Kreditgewährung deutscher Banken gilt als eine Ursache der gegenwärtigen Wachstums- und Investitionsschwäche der deutscher Wirtschaft. Das ifo Institut hat zusammen mit dem Forschungsinstitut empirica - delasasse, Köln, im Oktober eine Telefonumfrage bei 1 100...