We analyze and compare the long-run effects for a country introducing a capital-funded pension pillar in two scenarios: The case of separate capital markets, on the one hand, and the case of integrated capital markets (a capital market union), on the other hand. Our analysis is based on...

Dieser Beitrag liefert für die aktuelle wissenschaftliche und politische Regulierungsde-batte der Kapitalmärkte drei Argumente: (1) Der Beitrag präsentiert zuerst einen konzep-tionellen Ansatz, der zwischen sozial erwünschten und sozial schädlichen Folgen des In-siderhandels differenziert....

The economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak has severely affected the global economy. The ultimate scale of the recession is yet to be determined, but it is likely to be the most dramatic slump sinceWorldWar II. The impact of the crisis on the financial sector, especially consumer...

This article studies the effect that the process of capital controls lifting and interest rate deregulation have brought about on growth in the EU-15 over the period 1960-2001. The evidence supports the existence of a positive growth impact from the liberalization of both capital controls and...