In her speech at the 2016 Conservative Party Conference, Theresa May promised to make Britain, once again, 'a sovereign and independent country'. The goal is ambitious. By withdrawing from EU supranational integration, May expects the UK to regain the freedom traditionally enjoyed by nation...

The paper analyzes the dynamic effects of a total factor productivity shock and an interest rate risk premium shock in a highly indebted open economy. In contrast to the standard open economy framework, search unemployment and wage bargaining are introduced. We find that a negative total factor...

In der Eurokrise werden Schuldnerstaaten in ein strenges Austeritätsprogramm gedrängt. Die Autoren des Beitrags zeigen, dass die Defi zite des Staates nicht unabhängig von den Finanzierungssalden der übrigen Sektoren der Volkswirtschaft sinnvoll analysiert werden können. Das systematisch...