The influence of recent global shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war on the variability of major macroeconomic trends not only shows synchronized behavior across economies but also induces similar policy responses to counter these shocks. The purpose of this article...

Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Regierungen die Steuern nach nationalen Krisen erhöht haben. Der Effekt ist besonders groß bei Finanzkrisen und Naturkatastrophen, tritt vor allem im ersten Jahr nach der Krise auf und betrifft die Unternehmen-, Einkommen- und Umsatzsteuer. Die Erhöhung von...

Interest-rate spreads fluctuate widely across time and countries. We illustrate this on the basis of about 3,100 quarterly observations for 21 advanced and 17 emerging economies since the early 1990s. Prior to the financial crisis, spread fluctuations in advanced economies are an order of...

Interest-rate spreads fluctuate widely across time and countries. We characterize their behavior using some 3,200 quarterly observations for 21 advanced and 17 emerging economies since the early 1990s. Before the financial crisis, spreads are 10 times more volatile in emerging economies than in...