Als "messerscharfe Analyse der Krankheiten unseres Geldsystems" bezeichnet der Grazer Professor Max Otte in seinem Geleitwort Middelkoops Einschätzung der globalen Währungssituation bzw. deren aktueller Krise. Der niederländische Finanzjournalist und ehemalige Börsenkommentator findet ihre...

Challenges facing central bankers are expertly examined and analyzed. The book explores monetary policy and financial crisis as well as insolvency, collective action clauses, international mediation, and management of central banks. The author has worked as an economist at the Monetary and...

Recurrent instability has characterized the global financial system since the 1980s, eventually leading to the current global financial crisis. This instability and the resultant disruptions - sovereign debt defaults, exchange rate misalignments, financial market illiquidity and asset price...

This paper is about contagion and interdependence among Central European economies. It investigates the extent to which country-specific shocks spread across these countries beyond the normal channels of interdependence, taking into account common external shocks. To model such shocks, we make...