We study the sustainability of public debt in a closed production economy where a benevolent government chooses fiscal policies, including haircuts on its outstanding debt, in a discretionary manner. Government bonds are held by domestic agents to smooth consumption over time and because they...

The paper looks at the determinants of fiscal adjustments as reflected in the primary surplus of countries. Our conjecture is that governments will usually find it more attractive to pursue fiscal adjustments in a situation of relatively high growth, but based on a simple stylized model of...

Using fiscal reaction functions for a panel of actual euro-area countries the paper investigates whether euro membership has reduced the responsiveness of countries to increases in the level of inherited debt compared to the period prior to succession to the euro. While we find some evidence for...

Abstract: In den letzten Jahren ist der Markt für nachhaltige Kapitalanlagen auch in Europa signifikant gewachsen. Besonders für Stiftungen können Kapitalanlagen, die nach ethischen, sozialen und ökologischen Kriterien ausgewählt werden interessant sein, weil dadurch der Stiftungszweck auch...