Recent macro developments in the euro area have highlighted the interactions between fiscal policy, sovereign debt, and financial fragility. We take a structural macroeconomic model with frictions in the financial intermediation process, in line with recent research, but introduce asset choice...

Der Beitrag erläutert den Begriff »Staatsbankrott«, der gegenwärtig in der öffentlichen Diskussion – vor allem aufgrund der Haushaltssituation Griechenlands – häufig verwendet wird.

Poland edged towards hyperinflation towards the latter half of 1989,but inflation fell dramatically after drastic reformswere enacted in January of 1990. We analyse the consistency betweenfiscal deficits and inflation targets and assessPoland's domestic and foreign debt management policies and...