Combining debt reduction with halting deforestation seems to be an attractive way of solving two urgent global problems at the same time at hardly any cost. But this view may be overly optimistic. What are the advantages and the drawbacks of debt-for-nature swaps? Are there any better alternatives?

Whereas strong demand is a key factor driving high inflation in the US, inflation in the Euro Area is mainly due to adverse external supply shocks (in Europe, energy prices are much higher due to the war in Ukraine). Standard monetary policy response to such shocks is to accommodate first-round...

Finanzkrisen der jüngsten Zeit zeichnen sich durch einen starken Gleichlauf der Entwicklung der Kreditvergabe am privaten Immobilienmarkt mit der Entwicklung der Immobilienpreise aus. Der Aufsatz untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen Immobilienpreisen, Verschuldung, Finanzkrisen und den...

Nominalverschuldung und Budgetdisziplin in einer Währungsunion Der Aufsatz zeigt, daß ein Transfer von Reputation im Rahmen einer Währungsunion nur dann Vorteile bringen kann, wenn Bedingungen eines optimalen Währungsraumes (stark korrelierte Ausgabenschocks) vorliegen. Selbst unter solchen...

The paper models the links between financial fragility, asset markets and monetary policy. It is shown that central bank's concern about the cost of financial disruption generates an asymmetric response, thus contributing to the creation of an asset price bubble. In an economy with a highly...

The paper analyzes the experience with unconventional measures to cope with the Zero Lower Bound. It argues that forward guidance and quantitative easing are the natural extension of optimal monetary policy within the New Keynesian Framework, facing a Lower Bound. Unconventional policy had...

The paper presents a stylised framework to analyse conditions under which monetary policy contributes to amplified movements in the housing market. Extending work by Hyun Shin (2005), the paper analyses self enforcing feedback mechanisms resulting in amplifier effects in a credit constrained...