Die Konjunkturpakete I und II der Bundesregierung sollen zur Bewältigung der wirtschaftlichen Krise beitragen und die wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland verbessern. Ein wesentlicher Bestandteil sind zusätzliche öffentliche Investitionen in Höhe von 19,7 Milliarden Euro in...

50 Milliarden Euro - mit einem Konjunkturpaket in bislang ungekannter Höhe haben Bund und Länder auf die schwere Rezession reagiert. Mit 23,6 Milliarden Euro sind fast die Hälfte dieser Mittel für öffentliche Investitionen vorgesehen. Diese schuldenfinanzierten Maßnahmen sollen nicht nur...

On February 12, 2010, SUERF, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the Bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft continued their established tradition of jointly organised conferences. As evidenced also by the 115 conference participants, this year's subject of "Contagion and Spillovers – New...

Today we live in a post-truth and highly digitalized era characterized by a flow of (mis-) information around the world. Identifying the impact of this information on stock markets and forecasting stock returns and volatilities has become a much more difficult task, perhaps almost impossible....

The financial crises of 2007-2008, caused wide-spread falling output and unemployment, in the affected countries and also globally. The severity of the recession was such that it was called the "Great Recession". As a result of an increase in demand from China and India, at the same time, oil...

Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the oil price and its volatility on the stock market of Pakistan before and after the 2007 financial crisis period. Methods: The analyses are carried out on daily data for the period from July 31, 2000 to July 31, 2014. This study...