Diese Studie erweitert die empirische Forschung zur Zinssetzung um einen umfassenden Analyserahmen, der aktuelle methodische Diskussionen zusammenführt und in einem ‚State of the Art‘-Ansatz vereint. Wesentliche Aspekte sind dabei die theoriegeleitete Berücksichtigung exogener...

Motivated by the Chinese experience, we analyze a semi-open economy where the centralbank has access to international capital markets, but the private sector has not. Thisenables the central bank to choose an interest rate different from the international rate.We examine the optimal policy of...

We empirically investigate whether the relationship between interest rates and public deficits/debt may be nonlinear for the U.S. Using threshold estimation, we find evidence of level-dependent effects on interest rates, implying a significant effect of projected deficits and debt in the U.S....

This paper discusses the problems that arise from interest subsidies in the UK system of student loans; systems in other countries, for example Australia and New Zealand, face similar problems. The topic appears to be narrow and technical, and of significance only to the most nerdy of...