In this study we investigate the impact of the thin capitalization rule (TCR), introduced in Germany in 2008, on firms' capital structure, investment and profitability. The identification of the causal effects is based on the escape clauses in the regulation using a difference-in-difference approach. Our results present evidence that firms strongly react in order to avoid the limited deductibility ...
The appropriate design of monetary policy in integrated financial markets is one of the most challenging areas for central banks. One hot topic is whether the increase in liquidity has contributed to the formation of price bubbles in asset markets in the years preceding the financial crisis. If linkages are strong, the inclusion of asset prices in the monetary policy rule may limit speculative runs ...
The recent extensive package introduced by the Commission is the "most comprehensive reinforcement of economic governance in the EU and the euro area since the launch of the Economic and Monetary Union. Broader and enhanced surveillance of fiscal policies, but also macroeconomic policies and structural reforms are sought in the light of the shortcomings of the existing legislation. New enforcement ...
Die Inflationsunterschiede zwischen den Ländern des Euroraums haben sich nach einem beispiellosen Konvergenzprozess im Vorfeld der Währungsunion zuletzt wieder vergrößert. Die Abweichung zwischen der höchsten und der niedrigsten Teuerungsrate betrug im August dieses Jahres mehr als 3 Prozentpunkte, nach nur 0,6 Prozentpunkten im Jahre 1997. Zur Erklärung wird häufig darauf verwiesen, dass es in wirtschaftlich ...
This paper explores the importance of housing and mortgage market heterogeneity in 13 European countries for the transmission of monetary policy. We use a pooled VAR model which is estimated over the period 1995-2006 to generate impulse responses of key macroeconomic variables to a monetary policy shock. We split our sample of countries into two disjoint groups according to the impact of the monetary ...
The appropriate design of monetary policy in integrated financial markets is one of the most challenging areas for central banks. One hot topic is whether the rise in liquidity in recent years has contributed to the formation of price bubbles in asset markets. If strong linkages exist, the inclusion of asset prices in the monetary policy rule can eventually limit speculative runs and negative effects ...
In diesem Beitrag wird argumentiert, dass die Regierungen der Mitgliedstaaten der WWU und die autonomen Sozialpartner bei der Konzeption und Durchführung der Politik, für die sie jweils verantwortlich sind, den übergeordneten Stabilitätsrahmen berücksichtigen sollten, den der Maastrichter Vertrag sowie der Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt vorgeben. Handeln sie nach diesem Prinzip, dann werden eine tragfähige ...