The study of non-performing loans (NPLs) is highly relevant when looking for a solution to the ongoing structural weaknesses in the Euro area banking sectors, especially in light of the planned completion of the banking union and the introduction of a European Deposit Insurance System (EDIS)....

After a period of deepening financial integration, the financial crisis triggered a fragmentation of Europe’s capital markets along national lines. Financial integration was prone to sudden stops and capital reversals because cross-border capital flows predominantly consisted of short-term...

The US-President Donald Trump has signed an executive order which directs the US Treasury department to revise financial regulation, especially the Dodd-Frank Act. Critics are afraid that this will cause inconsistencies in global regulation and weaken the EU’s financial centres. This article...

The Brexit will affect the stability of derivatives markets. These markets are huge and global, but they concentrate on the financial hub London. This article discusses post-Brexit scenarios for the financial supervision of these important markets and recommends to strengthen the supervision at...

European financial markets are still fragmented. A lack of cross-border lending and cross-border asset holdings hinders the financing of the economy, the conduct of monetary policy as well as cross-border risk-sharing against asymmetric shocks. Reviving the market for securitizations is vital...

Der Ausbau der Windenergie gehört zu den Pfeilern der Energiewende und der klimaneutralen Transformation. Die Europäische Investitionsbank und nationale Förderbanken unterstützen Investitionen in Windparks. Europäische Förderkredite und Garantien werden aber unterschiedlich stark genutzt.

This dissertation contains applications of agent-based financial market models and nonlinear econometric methods in financial economics. The first part deals with the analysis of the effectiveness of currency transaction taxes within financial market models with traders with heterogeneous...

Niedrige Inflationsraten fordern die Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) und der Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) heraus. Während die wirtschaftliche Erholung der Eurozone immer noch schleppend verläuft, wächst die US-Wirtschaft robust und der US-Arbeitsmarkt verbesserte sich soweit...