In the second volume of the IMFS series of publications on money, currency and finance, author Benjamin Beck analyzes legal tender in the euro area and its compulsory acceptance. The joint series with the publishing house is edited by Prof. Helmut Siekmann and Prof. Volker Wieland.

 

Together with Prof. Lars P. Feld (left) and Prof. Christoph M. Schmidt, Prof. Volker Wieland received the 2023 Regulatory Policy Award from the German Business Association of Family Companies for a joint opinion piece on supply-oriented fiscal policy as the guiding principle. (Photo: Anne Großmann)

 

The English commentary on all 50 articles of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the ECB published by Professor Helmut Siekmann and titled "The European Monetary Union - A Commentary on the Legal Foundations" explains the complete legal basis of the EMU.

 

In a guest article in the "Börsen-Zeitung," Prof. Michael Haliassos explains how people with higher education perceive wealth inequality as an opportunity and what options there might be to make it easier for the less educated to access financial products.