Evaluation of the financial costs of a Eurozone breakup depends critically on the interpretation of TARGET balances. While it has been argued that TARGET claims in the Eurozone can be written off without incurring any losses on the claimants as the value of fiat money is independent of the...

Judged by the principle of intertemporal Pareto optimality, insecure property rights and the greenhouse effect both imply overly rapid extraction of fossil carbon resources. A gradual expansion of demand-reducing public policies - such as increasing ad-valorem taxes on carbon consumption or...

Target-Salden und die deutsche Kapitalbilanz im Zeichen der europäischen Zahlungsbilanzkrise Die Europäische Währungsunion steckt in einer tiefen Zahlungsbilanzkrise. Privates Kapital fließt im großen Stil von den Peripherieländern in die Kernländer. Um den Fortbestand des Euro zu...

The German state banks - or Landesbanks - are not only some of the largest banks in Germany but are also a dominant force in the international banking sector. These state-owned banks enjoy special privileges and government support which have made them major players in the global arena of banking...

Pro und Contra Crowding Out Zur Stichhaltigkeit dreier populärer Argumente Drei zum Nachweis der Ineffizienz keynesianischer Nachfragepolitik immer wieder vorgebrachte Behauptungen werden in diesem Aufsatz kritisiert. Die erste ist, daß Nachfragepolitik zur Bekämpfung der gegenwärtigen...