DIW-Studie untersucht wirtschaftliche Erholung nach Naturkatastrophen in 25 Industrieländern – Bruttoinlandsprodukt, privater Konsum und Investitionstätigkeit entwickeln sich bei hoher internationaler Finanzmarktintegration besser als bei geringerer Integration – Insbesondere Finanzierung über Eigenkapital beschleunigt Erholung – EU sollte Kapitalmarktunion daher vorantreiben und entsprechende Rahmenbedingungen ...
Negative policy rates can convince markets that deposit rates will remain lower-for-longer, even when current deposit rates are constrained by zero. This is the signalling channel of negative interest rates. We analyse the optimality and effectiveness of negative rates in the context of this novel transmission channel. In a stylized model, we prove two necessary conditions for optimality: time-consistency ...
This paper provides causal evidence on the effect of credit crunches on political polarization. We combine data on bank-firm connections and electoral outcomes at the city-level during the 2008-2014 Spanish Financial Crisis. First, we show that firms in a relationship with weak banks experience a reduction in their loan supply and employment growth. Next, we estimate the effects of unemployment on ...
The 4th annual Workshop for Women in Macroeconomics, Finance and Economic History is being organized by the DIW Berlin. The aim is to bring together female academic researchers and practitioners to promote and exchange ideas in the field of Macroeconomics, Finance, and Economic History. We invite contributions, including, but not limited to macroeconomic and financial stability, interactions...