Sicherheitspolitik angesichts der Proliferation von Massenvernichtungswaffen und der Implikationen des Zerfalls der Sowjetunion haben die wirtschaftlichen und politischen Wirkungen von Verteidigungsausgaben zum Mittelpunkt einer wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung werden lassen, die von...

We apply wavelet analysis to compare the relationship between simple sum and Divisa monetary aggregates with real GDP and CPI infl ation for the U.S. using data from 1967 to 2013. Wavelet analysis allows to account for variations in the relationships both across the frequency spectrum and across...

We analyse the cross-country dimension of financial cycles by studying cyclical co-movements in credit, house prices, equity prices and interest rates across the G7 economies. We use wavelet-based statistics to assess at which frequencies cyclical fluctuations and their crosscountry co-movements...

We analyse the macroeconomic effects of exogenous contractions in bank lending to non-financial corporations in the Euro Area, Germany, France, Italy and Spain using a Bayesian vector autoregressive model with endogenous hyperparameter selection and identification via sign restrictions. We focus...