This paper investigates Germany's vulnerability to the ongoing Euroland crisis. In 2010-11, Germany experienced a strong rebound from the global financial crisis of 2008-09. The Euroland crisis then meant record low interest rates and a depressed euro that boosted German extra-area exports. But...

I identify new patterns in countries' economic performance over the 2007-2014 period based on proximity through distance, trade, and finance to the US subprime mortgage and Eurozone debt crisis areas. To understand the causes of the cross-country variation, I develop an open economy model with...

Der Untertitel sagt treffend, worum es im neuen Buch des ehemaligen IBM-Deutschland-Chefs und Präsidenten des BDI und der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft geht, um das Versagen von Wirtschaft und Politik. "Henkels kompromisslose Analyse zeigt, dass die herkömmlichen Erklärungsmuster nicht greifen:...

Several European countries face challenges reminiscent of those faced by the emerging economies of Latin America. The economic booms in some peripheral Euro-zone countries financed by large capital inflows; the credit and asset price booms and then the busts including Sudden Stops in capital...