Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: EMU’s Asymmetrical Institutional Design -- Chapter 3: Enhancing EMU’s Fiscal Arm: Towards Stronger Regulatory Surveillance -- Chapter 4: Building Central Financial Assistance Capacities -- Chapter 5: Developing an Emu Lending Of Last Resort Capacity --...

Since the global financial crisis of 2008 European authorities have set out to strengthen financial governance in order to create a more stable and resilient financial system. As discussed in this paper, the new and updated EU legislation addressed at a wide array of financial markets and...

Während die europäische Bankenunion seit dem Finanzministertreffen im Dezember 2013 konkrete Züge annimmt, bleiben die Vorschläge der Politik zur Gestaltung einer Fiskalunion vage. Hingegen werden in der Wissenschaft und politischen Beratung mittlerweile mehrere Modelle eines...

The 2008-09 crisis has shown that some euro area member countries were unable to sufficiently stabilize their economies which has given rise to a debate about deeper fiscal integration in Europe. In this paper, we analyze the redistributive and stabilizing effects of two scenarios of fiscal...