We analyze the impact of financial crises and monetary policy on the supply of wholesale funding liquidity, and also on the compositional supply effects through cross-border and relationship lending. For empirical identification, we draw on the proprietary bank-to-bank European interbank dataset...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. From War Financier to Bankers’ Bank -- Chapter 3. Central Banks under the Gold Standard -- Chapter 4. The Federal Reserve: A Unique Institution -- Chapter 5. From War to War: 1914-1939 -- Chapter 6. Post-war Progress: 1946-1960 -- Chapter 7. The 1960s:...

Central banks are major players in today's economic and financial policy making. While respected for their technical acumen and their pivotal role in defusing the global financial crisis, they are at the same time mistrusted by others and considered to be too powerful. In order to contribute to...

Das Jahrbuch, das sich dieses Mal der Analyse der Eurokrise und deren Lösungsansätzen widmet, wird von einer großen Gruppe von Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern und Gewerkschaftsmitgliedern erstellt und bezieht gewollt eine Gegenposition zu den Gutachten der "Fünf Wirtschaftsweisen". (LK/OS: Dannert)