Very low policy rates as well as the substantial redesign of rules and supervisory institutions have changed background conditions for the Euro Area's financial intermediary sector substantially. Both policy initiatives have been targeted at improving societal welfare. And their potential side...

The aim of this paper is to discuss P2P lending, a subcategory of crowdfunding, from a (financial stability) risk perspective. The discussion focuses on a number of dimensions such as the role of soft information, herding, platform default risk, liquidity risk, and the institutionalization of...

The great depression of 1929 and the great financial crisis of 2008 have been the two big events of the last 75 years. Not only have they produced serious economic consequences but they also changed our view of economics and policymaking. The aim of this work is to compare these two great crises...

Das globale Finanzsystem befindet sich in einer tiefen Krise. Die Hüter des Geldes, Zentralbanken wie die EZB oder die US-amerikanische Fed, sind inzwischen zu seinem eigentlichen Rückgrat geworden und haben eine neue Ära eingeläutet: die des Zentralbankkapitalismus. Dafür mussten sie ihre...