This report argues that, in addition, financial regulation should be robust in the sense of being able to preserve its effectiveness when confronted with hard-to-predict developments and innovations. System robustness refers to the capacity of a system to maintain its core functions in the face...

Der Zusammenhalt des gemeinsamen Währungsraums schien angesichts des deutlichen Rückgangs der Zinsaufschläge seit Sommer 2012 gesichert. Doch der seit Jahresbeginn andauernde Konflikt zwischen der neuen griechischen Regierung und der Eurogruppe hat erneut an den Grundfesten der europäischen...

[Vorwort] 1. Gemäß § 6 Absatz 1 des Gesetzes über die Bildung eines Sachverständigenrates zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung legt der Sachverständigenrat sein 52. Jahresgutachten vor. Das Jahresgutachten 2015/16 trägt den Titel: Zukunftsfähigkeit in den Mittelpunkt...

The positive relationship between bank and sovereign credit risk in the Eurozone, the so-called sovereign-bank nexus, is seen as a major threat for the stability of the Eurozone. This paper explores potential bank-level and country-level drivers of this relationship. We find that banks' home...

In an influential paper, La Porta, Lopez-De-Silanes and Shleifer (2002) argued that public ownership of banks is associated with lower GDP growth. We show that this relationship does not hold for all countries, but depends on a country's financial development and political institutions. Public...

Abstract With the CRR/CRD IV package being in effect, the banking supervisors of the European Union possess an impressive set of macroprudential instruments to fight systemic risks in the financial system. However, in order to be effective and efficient, the instruments need an appropriate...