The approach of this text is to teach monetary economics using the classical paradigm of rational agents in a market setting. Too often monetary economics has been taught as a collection of facts about existing institutions for students to memorize. By teaching from first principles instead, the...

Today, the most pressing challenges for public economics are of macroeconomic nature: pensions, debt, income distribution, and fiscal sustainability. All these problems are compounded by the phenomenon of demographic transition and aging. This graduate textbook addresses these issues with the...

Durch die öffentliche Finanzierung erhalten die Politiker auf den verschiedenen Staatsebenen die für ihr Handeln erforderlichen Ressourcen. Die Wissenschaft trägt Mitverantwortung für die richtige Dosierung und sachgerechte Gestaltung dieser Ressourcen zum Wohlergehen eines Gemeinwesens und...