The study aims to assess the distributional effects of taxing financial transactions including a focus on gender. It specifically investigates the impact of the low interest rate environment on tax revenues and distribution. The first part of the study is explorative, aiming to develop a concept for the assessment. This is because the role of low or even negative interest rates is not yet specifically ...
The global industrial structure has been in a constant state of change for some time now. While China’s share has steadily grown, Western industrialised countries have mostly experienced losses in industrial market share. Within Europe, the fates of the established industrialised nations have all played out very differently. For example, France and the UK have suffered massive losses, while Germany ...
This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area. In contrast to previous studies a stock-flow approach is applied to control for the different orders of integration between the stock and flow variables. Panel econometric techniques allowing for international spillovers are employed. Private and public capital stocks are both I(2) and cointegrated. ...
Der Artikel analysiert die zeitliche Entwicklung des Berliner Wohnimmobilienmarktes (2009–2014) mit Blick auf die Frage, ob es zu einer potenziellen Überhitzung gekommen ist. Dabei wird der empirische Wirkungszusammenhang zwischen der andauernden Niedrigzinspolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) und dessen Wirkung auf den Immobilienpreis evaluiert. Folglich wird ein mögliches Immobilienblasenszenario, ...
Facing deflationary threats, the ECB has engaged in several forms of asset purchase programs to fulfill its mandate of maintaining price stability. A main objective of these programs is raising inflation expectations, as these are a main determinant of actual inflation. This study empirically evaluates the effectiveness of these ECB policies in raisinginflation expectations. The results suggest that ...
