Die derzeit hohe Inflation wird auch durch hohe Monopolrenten von Konzernen getrieben. Es liegt nicht eine Lohn-Preis-, sondern eine Gewinn-Preis-Spirale vor. Die Monopolrenten sind möglich, da zuletzt vor allem durch Firmenübernahmen marktbeherrschende Unternehmen entstanden sind. Auch...

This paper discusses how financial stability governance has evolved and how central banks and financial regulators are coping with the threats posed by climate uncertainty, providing an overview of G20 countries' green central banking experiences in the past 20 years. The analysis shows that...

This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gross fixed capital formation across the euro area. The empirical analysis suggests that the intensity of the lockdown measures to contain the spread of the virus and the country-specific structure of the economy along with other...

This article offers an empirical analysis of determinants of inflation in 28 European economies that belonged to the transition group of countries in the end of the last century. We rely on dynamic panel methodology and find that economic and structural variables, including economic openness,...

The study determines the factors that can affect the operational efficiency of Saudi commercial banks. It uses the data of listed banks from the period 2010 to 2017. The panel data estimation technique of pooled ordinary least squares is used with random and fixed effects estimations to find the...

Es steht außer Frage, dass die Überwindung der Covid-19-Krise und die damit verbundene Bereinigung von Bankbilanzen einen erheblichen Finanzierungs-, aber auch Risikoübernahmebedarf auslösen wird. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellt sich zu Recht die Frage, wie die bisher dominierende Form der...

Climate and environmental issues will likely impact the financial system's stability as they become more pervasive and tangible. As a result, the appropriate financial regulatory and supervisory measures must be in place. This article discusses the challenges faced by financial institutions and...

Until the global financial crisis of 2007-08, inflation differentials in the euro area could beexplained by a general trend towards price level convergence; that is, countries with lowerprice levels tended to have higher inflation rates than countries with higher price levels.Since then, however,...