Part I. Theoretical Outline -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Digital Transformation as a starting point -- Chapter 3. The approach of the Freiburg School and why it is particularly useful now -- Part II. An Order Challenger -- Chapter 4. A functioning price system -- Chapter 5....

Die Macht der Ratingagenturen wird derzeit allenthalben kritisiert. Tatsächlich haben ihre Beurteilungen eine große Bedeutung bei der Kreditvergabe. Dies wurde aber vor allem durch zahlreiche Regularien vom Staat selbst verursacht. Dabei wirken sich die Länderratings aufgrund des...

We consider how differences between the way firms react to a common monetary policy affect the performance of a monetary union. A model is presented in which heterogeneous firms respond discontinuously to monetary shocks. The implication is that the level of economic activity has a selective...

In this paper, we seek to characterize the dynamic effects of permanent technology shocks and the way in which European monetary authorities reacted to these shocks over the past two decades. To do so, we develop an augmented sticky price-sticky wage model of the business cycle, which is...

I use a Bayesian vector autoregressive (VAR) model to investigate the impact of monetary and technology shocks on the euro area stock market in 1987-2005. I find an important role for technology shocks, but not monetary shocks, in explaining variations in real stock prices. The identification...