Die neunziger Jahre erlebten in Europa die wirtschaftspolitische Dominanz eines neu-monetaristischen oekonomischen Paradigmas, das auch die Architektur der Europaeischen Waehrungsunion wesentlich praegte: Unabhaengige Zentralbanken sind demnach einzig und allein auf das Ziel der...

During the recent decades the financial sectors of developed and developing countries have changed remarkably. There has been a major increase in the degree of financial intermediation, and new financial instruments, triggered by national and international legal liberalisation and by the...

Despite the current growth speed up and increasing employment within the EU, one can still say that European integration is in crisis: Economic performance of the EU and, in particular, the Euro area has been lagging behind the USA, not to mention other regions of the world. At the same time...

The present economics crisis – the worst since the Great Depression – has already been changing the rules for macroeconomic policies. Only a few months ago leading economic policy institutions had advocated laissez faire policies and regarded inflation targeting as the ‘golden rule’ for...

Since the final stage of European monetary integration in the mid-1990s, the member countries of the Euro area have been suffering from slow growth and high unemployment. On average, the Euro area’s economic performance has been unsatisfactory, in particular since the growth slow down in 2001....

Die deutsche Finanzpolitik steckt seit Jahren in einer tiefen Krise. Trotz hartnaeckiger Sparpolitik wird Deutschland 2005 zum vierten Mal in Folge die Defizitobergrenze des europaeischen Stabilitaets- und Wachstumspaktes ueberschreiten. Der Versuch, in der Konjunkturkrise die Haushalte zu...

This paper presents an extensive, but non-formalized, critique ofthe concept of the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment(NAIRU) and all similar concepts such as the steady-inflation rateof capacity utilization (SIRCU) which are used by mainstream economiststo argue that there is no...

This article tests the hypothesis that financial supply-side shifts help to explain the low-investment climate of private firms in Germany. The core contention is that a firm's financial position contributes to its access to external finance on credit markets. Special emphasis is put on small...

This paper attempts to test whether financial supply-side shifts explain the low-investment climate of private firms in Germany. The core contention is that a firm's financial position contributes to its access to external finance on credit markets. Special emphasizes is put on small and...