Die gute konjunkturelle Lage im Euroraum müsste die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) dazu veranlassen, baldmöglichst aus ihrer unkonventionellen Geldpolitik auszusteigen. Es stellt sich allerdings dabei die technische Frage, in welcher Reihenfolge der Ausstiegsprozess vonstatten gehen soll: Ist...

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is the permanent crisis resolution mechanism for euro area countries. We analyze the costs of the current (suboptimal) refinancing design of the ESM and evaluate an alternative asset-backed securities (ABS) structure under different scenarios. Our...

Exchange-traded Funds (ETFs) are easy to understand, cost-efficient ways of investing in asset markets that have become very popular for both institutional and retail investors. The dynamics of the index and its underlying assets depend among others on the different types of traders in the...

We test the significance of the relationship between the exchange rate regime and the degree of structural reforms by estimating panel regressions for a world and an OECD country sample. The empirical results suggest a positive correlation between on the one side the adoption of an exchange rate...

Despite major recent advance in the literature on financial crises, the key role of central banks in financial crises is still not well understood. Our aim is to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of financial crises by explicitly modeling the strategic options of both traders...

Währungspolitik in der Übergangsphase zur Europäischen Währungsunion Nach den Vereinbarungen von Maastricht soll der Einstieg in die Europäische Währungsunion (EWU) noch in diesem Jahrzehnt beginnen. Dazu sind die bisher (faktisch) asymmetrische Interventions- und Anpassungslast im EWS...