Politikmaßnahmen könnten regelgebunden evaluiert werden. Dafür sind die Bedingungen derzeit besser denn je. Eine Evidenzbasierung der Politik ist nötig, in einer Zeit populistischer Strömungen, die häufig auf fehlerhaften Informationen basieren. Der Beitrag zeigt auf, welche Elemente ein...

Complexity of banks can have important ramifications for the performance and the risks of the banking system. Financial sector reforms that were implemented in the past decade have thus aimed to reduce and to better manage the risk implications of bank complexity. Yet, surprisingly little is...

Global liquidity flows are largely channeled through banks and nonbank financial institutions. The common drivers of global liquidity flows include monetary policy in advanced economies and risk conditions. At the same time, the sensitivities of liquidity flows to changes in these drivers differ...

Similar to Chile in the 1990s, Slovenia has introduced an unremunerated reserve requirement (URR) on financial credits in 1995. We find that the URR has not been effective in reducing overall inflows of foreign capital. Hence, the gain in monetary autonomy has been limited. While the overall...