For overlapping-generations models with multiple assets and without labour, welfare assessments of equilibrium allocations depend on whether the certainty equivalents of the one-period-ahead marginal rates of return on assets that are held are larger or smaller than the population growth rate....

For overlapping-generations models with multiple assets and without labour, welfare assessments of equilibrium allocations depend on whether the certainty equivalents of the one-period-ahead marginal rates of return on assets that are held are larger or smaller than the population growth rate....

The paper analyses the role of national central banks (NCBs) in the governance of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), NCBs are the owners of the European Central Bank (ECB), and their governors dominate the ECB's Governing Council, but in monetary policy operations, NCBs are...

The past few years have shown that risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy. Many claim, however, that a safer banking system would require sacrificing lending and economic growth. The Bankers' New Clothes examines this claim and the narratives used by bankers, politicians,...

Am 5. Juni 2019 veranstaltete der Finanzausschuss des Deutschen Bundestags eine öffentliche Anhörung zu zwei Anträgen der Fraktionen der FDP und der AfD zum Thema "Target". Der AfD-Antrag betont die mit den Target-Forderungen der Bundesbank verbundenen Risiken und fordert, "Target-Kredite"...

Am 5. Juni 2019 veranstaltete der Finanzausschuss des Deutschen Bundestags eine öffentliche Anhörung zu zwei Anträgen der Fraktionen der FDP und der AfD zum Thema „Target“. Die Anträge betonen die Risiken der Target-Salden für die Bundesbank und untermalen die betriebswirtschaftliche...