This paper re-assesses the problem of general equilibrium models in matching the behaviour of real exchange rate. We do so by developing a two country general equilibrium model with non-traded goods, home bias, incomplete markets and partial degrees of pass through as well as nominal rigidities...

This paper analyzes whether differences in institutional structures on capital markets contribute to explaining why some OECD-countries, in particular the Anglo-Saxon countries, have been much more successful over the last two decades in producing employment growth and in reducing unemployment...

Aus welchen Gründen setzen Unternehmen (Währungs-)Derivate ein? Der Autor geht dieser Frage nach, indem er zunächst verschiedene Theorien zur Rechtfertigung des unternehmerischen Einsatzes von Derivaten zu Risikomanagementzwecken zusammenfaßt, welche die grundsätzliche Redundanz von...