Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat im Zuge der europäischen Schuldenkrise in den vergangenen Jahren massiv an Bedeutung gewonnen. Der sich zuspitzende Verlauf der Krise vor allem in den südlichen Ländern des Euroraums zwang die EZB zu Maßnahmen, die die geldpolitischen Aktivitäten einer...

We analyze the problem of a policy authority (PA) that must decide when to resolve a troubled bank whose underlying solvency is uncertain. Delaying resolution increases the chance that information arrives that reveals the bank's true solvency state. However, delaying resolution also gives...

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat im Zuge der europäischen Schuldenkrise in den vergangenen Jahren massiv an Bedeutung gewonnen. Der sich zuspitzende Verlauf der Krise vor allem in den südlichen Ländern des Euroraums zwang die EZB zu Maßnahmen, die die geldpolitischen Aktivitäten einer...

In the wake of the recent European debt crisis, the European Central Bank (ECB) has grown significantly in importance. As the crisis worsened, the ECB needed to take measures that went far beyond standard monetary policy operations - particularly with respect to its function as lender of last...

We analyze the problem of a policy authority (PA) that must decide when to resolve a troubled bank whose underlying solvency is uncertain. Delaying resolution increases the chance that information arrives that reveals the bank's true solvency state. However, delaying resolution also gives...

In the wake of the recent European debt crisis, the European Central Bank (ECB) has grown significantly in importance. As the crisis worsened, the ECB needed to take measures that went far beyond standard monetary policy operations - particularly with respect to its function as lender of last...

In the wake of the recent European debt crisis, the European Central Bank (ECB) has grown significantly in importance. As the crisis worsened, especially in the southern countries of the euro area, the ECB was forced to take measures which went far beyond its monetary policy operations in normal...