Summary In macroeconomic models, the nominal money supply, the long-term nominal interest rate, or even the inflation rate usually serves as the monetary policy variable. In practice, however, none of these variables is directly controlled by the central bank. Consequently, these models do not...

In macroeconomic models, the nominal money supply, the long-term nominal interest rate, or even the inflation rate usually serves as the monetary policy variable. In practice, however, none of these variables is directly controlled by the central bank. Consequently, these models do not...

Achim Hauck geht der Frage nach, ob Investitionsentscheidungen von bankfinanzierten Unternehmen durch Fehlanreize gekennzeichnet sind. Er zeigt, dass unternehmerische Fehlanreize bei der Investition durch geeignet ausgestaltete Mindesteigenkapitalanforderungen an die sie finanzierenden Banken...

This paper investigates how business cycle volatility affects internal and external funding sources of banks. It argues that excessive credit growth, credit cycles, and bank failures are phenomena related to distinct patterns of banks’ financing options over the cycle.

This paper analyzes a government's incentives to provide financial assistance to a public bank which is hit by a liquidity shock. We show that discretionary decisions about emergency liquidity assistance result in either excessively small or excessively large liquidity injections in a wide...