Despite major recent advance in the literature on financial crises, the key role of central banks in the dynamics of financial crises are still not well understood. Our aim is to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of financial crises by explicitly modeling the strategic options...

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is the permanent crisis resolution mechanism for euro area countries. We analyze the costs of the current (suboptimal) refinancing design of the ESM and evaluate an alternative asset-backed securities (ABS) structure under different scenarios. Our...

Mit der Finanzkrise ist die Bedeutung der Finanzmärkte und des Bankensystems in den wissenschaftlichen Fokus gerückt. In dem Lehrbuch zeigen die Autoren jüngste Entwicklungen auf und analysieren diese aus institutionenökonomischer Perspektive, während sie die Rolle der Europäischen...

Empirically, currency crises are more frequently accompanied by simultaneous sovereign debt crises than by banking crises. Nevertheless the phenomenon of twin currency and debt crises has so far been treated in economic literature only sparsely. We analyse the optimal policy of a government that...

Funktionen des Finanzsektors -- Finanzsystem und Finanzierung -- Zentralbanken und Europäische Zentralbank -- Geldschöpfung im Finanzsektor -- Motive der Geldhaltung und makroökonomisches Grundmodell I -- Theorie der Zinsen -- Zinsstrukturtheorie -- Theorie der Banken -- Kreditrationierung:...

Empirically, currency crises are more frequently accompanied by sovereign debt crises than by banking crises. Nevertheless the phenomenon of twin currency and debt crises has so far been neglected in economic literature. We analyze the optimal policy of a government that may choose and combine...