This paper contributes to the literature on liquidity crises and central banks acting as lenders of last resort by capturing the mechanics of dual liquidity crises, i.e. funding crises which encompass both the private and the public sector, within a closed system of financial accounts. We...

In a dual liquidity crisis, both the government and the banking sector are under severe funding stress. By nature,dual crises have the potential of being particularly disruptive and damaging. Thus, understanding their mechanics, how they unfold and how they can be addressed under various...

Nach der EZB-Zinssenkung Anfang November 2013 hat sich Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann mehrfach zu Wort gemeldet, um die Sicht der Bundesbank zum derzeitigen Kurs der Geldpolitik zu erläutern. In seinen Stellungnahmen rechtfertigt er grundsätzlich den derzeit expansiven Kurs der...

Im Juni 2013 fand in Karlsruhe die mündliche Verhandlung im Hauptsacheverfahren Europäischer Stabilitätsmechanismus/Europäische Zentralbank statt. Dabei ging es im Kern um die Frage, ob das Outright-Monetary-Transactions-Programm der EZB mandatswidrig ist. Die ökonomische Logik, die zu dem...

Since 2007, central banks of industrialized countries have counteracted financial instability, recession, and deflationary risks with unprecedented monetary policy operations. While generally regarded as successful, these measures also led to an exceptional increase in the size of central bank...