in modern monetary and financial systems, namely central bank collateral frameworks. Their importance can be understood …, not defined in a market, but by the collateral frameworks and interest rate policies of central banks. Using the … collateral framework of the Eurosystem as a basis of illustration and case study, the paper brings to light the functioning …

This paper offers an encompassing analysis of the ECB's collateral criteria between 2001 and 2013. A comprehensive … database of changes to collateral criteria is compiled and structured by asset classes. The main findings can be summarized in … three stylized facts: (1) Since the outbreak of the financial crisis, the ECB has been six times more active in collateral …

stability. We model the default of a large bank and analyse the resulting contagion effects. This is compared to a common shock …

Munich in July 2016. The goal of the thesis is to establish the configuration of collateral policy as a tool of central bank … policies in pursuit of different objectives, and to present collateral policies in practice, as well as impact and effects of … collateral policy. The thesis consists of three parts and nine chapters. The first part discusses the role of collateral in …