Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel sagte am 10. Mai, nachdem die EU-Finanzminister einen gigantischen Rettungsschirm für den Euro beschlossen hatten: "Wir schützen das Geld der Menschen in Deutschland." Die Datenlage zeigt allerdings nicht, dass der Euro tatsächlich in großer Gefahr war. Die...

This paper develops a New Keynesian model with sovereign default risk (NK-Default). We focus on the interaction between monetary policy, conducted according to an interest rate rule that targets inflation, and external defaultable debt issued by the government. Monetary policy and default risk...

This paper develops a New Keynesian model with sovereign default risk (NK-Default). We focus on the interaction between monetary policy, conducted according to an interest rate rule that targets inflation, and external defaultable debt issued by the government. Monetary policy and default risk...