Die weltweite Finanzkrise, die im Jahr 2008 begann, hat Wissenschaftler und Wirtschaftspolitiker ungewöhnlich lange in Atem gehalten. Auch wenn sich die Weltwirtschaft allmählich zu erholen scheint, werden die Erfahrungen dieser Krise noch lange nachhaltigen Einfluss haben. Sie haben die...

Why do advanced economies fall into prolonged periods of economic stagnation, particularly in the aftermath of credit booms? We present a model of persistent aggregate demand shortage based on strong liquidity preferences of households, in which we incorporate financial imperfections to study...

Why do advanced economies fall into prolonged periods of economic stagnation? What is the role of asset prices and private sector indebtedness for the transition to and the severity of stagnation? In this paper, we present a stylized money-in-the- utility model with a housing sector and...

We study monetary policy at the zero lower bound in a traceable three-period model, in which price-level targeting emerges endogenously in the welfare function. We characterize optimal price-level forward guidance under discretion and commitment. Potentially non-monotonic discretionary welfare...

Part I: Money and Equilibrium in the Long Run -- Long Run Growth: The Basic Framework -- Money and Long Run Growth -- Interaction Between Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Active and Passive Monetary Regimes -- Part II: Monetary Policy in the Short Run -- New Keynesian Macroeconomics -- Optimal...

Money and Equilibrium in the Long Run: Long Run Growth – The Basic Framework -- Money and Long Run Growth -- Interaction Between Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Active and Passive Monetary Regimes -- Monetary Policy in the Short Run: New Keynesian Macroeconomics -- Optimal Monetary Policy --...