The European Redemption Pact (ERP), a proposal of the German Council of Economic Experts, describes an exit strategy from the debt crisis which currently plagues the Euro-Area. The pact includes a binding commitment of all participating countries to bring public debt ratios below the reference...

One possible solution to the sovereign debt crisis is the European Redemption Pact (ERP) proposed by the German Council of Economic Experts. The ERP provides sustainable financing conditions for participating sovereigns to facilitate bringing public debt ratios below the reference value of 60%...

The European Redemption Pact (ERP), a proposal of the German Council of Economic Experts, describes an exit strategy from the debt crisis which currently plagues the euro area. The pact includes a binding commitment of all participating countries to bring public debt ratios below the reference...

One possible solution to the sovereign debt crisis is the European Redemption Pact (ERP) proposed by the German Council of Economic Experts. The ERP provides sustainable financing conditions for participating sovereigns to facilitate bringing public debt ratios below the reference value of 60%...

Before the beginning of the euro-area crisis, fees (premiums) for Credit Default Swaps (CDS) for the same entity (country) but nominated in different currencies were nearly equal. This is still true for non-euro area countries during the crisis; but these differences increased dramatically for...

This paper analyzes by using a simple theoretical model and thereafter testing empirically the differences between Euro- and US-Dollar nominated sovereign bonds of euro-area countries during the euro-crisis and concludes that the probability of collapse of the Euro(-currency) has a significant...

The current state of affairs in the euro area (EA) instills hope in economic recovery but also substantial concern. The crisis countries have made considerable, albeit quite uneven, progress in central areas of reform. Yet severe obstacles remain. Moreover, European policy makers have reformed...

In der aktuellen Debatte über die Target2-Salden im Eurosystem wurde zu deren Abbau das Ausgleichsverfahren der Federal Reserve in den USA vorgeschlagen. Der dortige Ausgleichsmechanismus ist jedoch rein bilanzieller Natur und führt lediglich zu einer Neuaufteilung der Aktivseite des...