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DIW Weekly Report 16/17 / 2025
For central banks, official communications serve as essential monetary policy instruments: In press releases, speeches, and interviews, central banks explain their decisions, manage expectations, and promote confidence in their strategy. This Weekly Report analyzes European Central Bank (ECB) communications from January 2019 to March 2025 using a specially trained artificial intelligence (AI) text ...
2025| Kerstin Bernoth
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DIW Wochenbericht 16/17 / 2025
Zentralbanken nutzen heute die Kommunikation als zentrales Instrument der Geldpolitik: In Pressemitteilungen, Reden und Interviews erläutern sie ihre Entscheidungen, lenken Erwartungen und werben um Vertrauen in ihre Strategie. Dieser Wochenbericht analysiert die Kommunikation der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) von Januar 2019 bis März 2025 mithilfe eines speziell trainierten Textanalysemodells basierend ...
2025| Kerstin Bernoth
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DIW Wochenbericht 16/17 / 2025
2025| Kerstin Bernoth, Erich Wittenberg
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DIW Discussion Papers 2120 / 2025
This paper provides causal evidence on the effect of credit crunches on political polarisation. Combining data on bank-firm connections and electoral outcomes at the city-level during the 2008-2014 Spanish financial crisis, I construct an instrument for unemployment based on the city-level exposure to (foreign) weak banks. I find that a 10% increase in (instrumented) local unemployment rates leads ...
2025| Pia Hüttl
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DIW Wochenbericht 21 / 2025
2025| Kerstin Bernoth, Sara Dietz
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Externe Working Papers
This briefing report evaluates the ECB's monetary policy in a context of declining inflation and stagnant growth. Inflation risks have been averted and, after a period of relatively tight policy in 2024, benchmark comparisons indicate that the current interest rate is consistent with the ECB's mandate. The prevailing economic and inflation outlook supports further rate cuts. However, the high level ...
Bruxelles:
European Parliament,
2025,
27 S.
(Monetary Dialogue Papers ; March 2025)
| Kerstin Bernoth
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
The low degree of stock market participation (SMP) is one of the big puzzles in finance. Numerous determinants have been proposed. We put these determinants into a structure that is derived from a standard static portfolio model. Then we discuss arguments put forward regarding specific SMP determinants and the empirical evidence that has been provided. The focus of our survey is on the identification ...
In:
Journal of Economic Surveys
39 (2025), 3, S. 953-979
| Lukas Menkhoff, Jannis Westermann
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DIW Discussion Papers 2134 / 2025
While Equity Crowdfunding (ECF) platforms are a virtual space for raising funds, geography remains relevant. To determine how location matters for entrepreneurs using equity crowdfunding (ECF), we analyze the spatial distribution of successful ECF campaigns and the spatial relationship between ECF campaigns and traditional investors, such as banks and venture capitalists (VCs). Using data from the ...
2025| Torben Klarl, Alexander S. Kritikos, Knarik Poghosyan
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DIW aktuell ; 113 : Sonderausgaben zur Bundestagswahl 2025 / 2025
Die Finalisierung der Banken- und Kapitalmarktunion steht schon lange auf der Agenda diverser Bundesregierungen. Sie wurde aber immer wieder verzögert. Der überraschende Vorstoß der italienischen Bank Unicredit, die deutsche Commerzbank zu übernehmen, machte Ende letzten Jahres deutlich, wie wichtig es ist, die Bankenunion voranzutreiben. Eine solche Bankenunion würde nicht nur dazu beitragen, ein ...
2025| Pia Hüttl, Frederik Kurcz
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Politikberatung kompakt 207 / 2025
2025| Christian Bayer, Alexander Kriwoluzky, Fabian Seyrich, Antonia Vogel