A statement of problem -- The theory of the demand for money -- A theory of the supply of money -- The quantity theory of money -- Inflation without a quantity of money : the Wicksellian approach. -- Technological risk and the social function of real debt -- Monetary risk and the social function...

This paper analyses the prerequisites for and the results of unanimous monetary policy decisions in a monetary union consisting of heterogeneous members.The analysis is based on a multicountry version of Rogoff's model of the determination of monetary policy in the presence of supply shocks.It...

This paper analyses the prerequisites for and the results of unanimous monetary policy decisions in a monetary union consisting of heterogeneous members. The analysis is based on a multicountry version of Rogoff's model of the determination of monetary policy in the presence of supply shocks. It...

The observation, analysis and forecasting of inflationary trends is of particular interest to all economic agents -not just to institutions with monetary policy tasks. Almost all central banks have specified a price target as the final goal of monetary policy, for example, and some central banks...

Die Beobachtung, Analyse und Prognose der Inflationsentwicklung ist nicht nur für Institutionen mit geldpolitischen Aufgaben, sondern für alle Wirtschaftsteilnehmer von besonderem Interesse. So haben fast alle Zentralbanken ein Preisziel als Endziel der Geldpolitik vorgegeben und einige...

It has recently been suggested that allowing for switches between different inflationary regimes produces a much better fit for the Fisher relationship between interest rates and inflation, at least for U.S. data. The paper assesses the merits of the regime-switching theory as an explanation for...