This paper investigates how government bond purchases affect leverage-constrained banks and non-financial firms by utilising a stochastic general equilibrium model. My results indicate that government bond purchases not only reduce non-financial firms' borrowing costs, amplified through a...

Im Herzen der Krise, die Europa derzeit zu zerreissen droht, steht ein Paradox. Nicht die Kluft zwischen den wirtschaftlich starken Ländern des Nordens und den laxen Ökonomien des Südens oder die Einwanderung treiben die Spaltung voran, sondern - absurd genug - die gemeinsame Währung, der...

Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the Eurozoneoffers systematic analyses of the economic policy framework of the Eurozone and critiques current ideas about how to move forward, making it essential reading for postgraduate students of economics and of keen interest to researchers, policymakers,...

A question of survival -- Defective design -- Fragile strength -- Greeks bearing debts -- Bad banks -- Hotel California: the existential crisis -- Defender of last resort -- Sovereign remedies -- Debtors' prison