Klimapolitik mit dem Ziel der CO2-Neutralität erfordert einen einschneidenden strukturellen Wandel. Dieser wird nur dann akzeptiert werden und gelingen, wenn er sich neben sozialer Verträglichkeit bei binnen- und außenwirtschaftlicher Stabilität vollzieht. Dafür müssen bestimmte...

Autokratische Regime haben in den letzten beiden Dekaden eine große Aufmerksamkeit in den Sozialwissenschaften auf sich gezogen. Dieser Aufsatz versucht eine Zwischenbilanz. Es wird argumentiert, dass der gemeinsame Fluchtpunkt dieser Forschungsanstrengungen die Erklärung autokratischer...

Climate and environmental issues will likely impact the financial system's stability as they become more pervasive and tangible. As a result, the appropriate financial regulatory and supervisory measures must be in place. This article discusses the challenges faced by financial institutions and...

While macroprudential policy has mostly focused on the role of banks, we argue that pension funds are also important for financial stability. Drawing on previous research on pension funds, we explain how their actions can have a vital impact on other financial institutions as well as on...

In diesem Aufsatz wird der ökonometrisch geschätzte Beitrag von Preisniveaustabilität, Beschäftigung und Wachstum zum subjektiven Wohlergehen (Well-Being) verwendet, um einen Erfolgsindex für die makroökonomische Performanz der EU12-Länder im Zeitraum 1990-2009 zu ermitteln. Durch einen...

This paper analyzes the cost of disinflations under real wage rigidities in a micro-foundedNew Keynesian model. The consensus is that real wage rigidities can be a useful mechanismto induce the inflation persistence that is absent in the standard Calvo model...

This paper extends the class of stochastic AK growth models with a closed-formsolution to the case where there are two capital goods in the model. To be precise,we consider the Uzawa-Lucas model of endogenous growth with human and physical capital. The extension holds, even if an external effect...

Size effects matter in banking. Typically, banking systems are dominated by a smallnumber of large players who are also active in a large range of countries and marketsegments. At the same time, there exist small and often regionally-focused financialinstitutions. This holds also for the German...

Evidence on the interdependency between monetary policy and the state of thebanking system is scarce. We suggest an integrated micro-macro approach with twocore virtues. First, we measure the probability of bank distress directly at the banklevel. Second, we integrate a microeconomic hazard...

We demonstrate that in simple 2 X 2 games (cumulative) prospect theorypreferences can be evolutionarily stable, i.e. a population of players withprospect theory preferences can not be invaded by more rational players. Thisholds also if probability weighting is applied to the probabilities of...