(Wie) Reagieren Aktien-Returns auf die Geldpolitik? Eine ARDL-Analyse für Deutschland Sind Zentralbanken in der Lage, Aktienmarktrenditen systematisch zu beeinflussen? Um diese Frage zu beantworten, testen wir die Kointegrationsbeziehung zwischen Renditemaßen für den Aktienmarkt und dem...

This short article addresses several important (but less discussed) aspects of the introduction of central bank digital currency that give cause for concern, no matter whether such a currency is intended as a substitute or a complement to cash. It discusses potential effects, such as bank runs...

This paper analyzes whether differences in institutional structures on capital markets contribute to explaining why some OECD-countries, in particular the Anglo-Saxon countries, have been much more successful over the last two decades in producing employment growth and in reducing unemployment...

Labor market performance has differed considerably between OECD countries over the last two decades. The focus of the literature so far has been to ask whether these differences can be explained by varying degrees of labor market rigidities and generosity of welfare states. This paper takes a...

Anglo-Saxon countries have been successful in the 1990s concerning labor market performance compared to the former role models Germany and Japan. This reversal in relative economic performance might be related to idiosyncracies in financial markets with bank-based financial markets as in Germany...