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On June 29, 2016, Prof. Dr. Peter M. Huber, Federal Constitutional Court, will give a lecture on the financial crisis in the jurisdiction of the…

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Prof. Volker Wieland has illustrated the consequences of the elimination of the 500-euro banknote for holding currency. Due to the smaller…

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In an opinion piece in the weekly newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", Volker Wieland and his colleagues from the Kronberger Kreis explain why…

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In view of the interest rates banks have to pay the European Central Bank (ECB) for their deposits, Commerzbank is considering storing excess deposits…

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In view of the low-interest environment and the penalty interest for banks parking liquidity at the ECB more and more municipalities are confronted…

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Due to the financial crisis, many new regulations for the capital market have been proposed. However, European and national capital market laws are…

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In some European countries like Sweden cash-free payment is gaining more and more ground. In an interview with "VdK-Zeitung" Helmut Siekmann explains…

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For John B. Taylor of Stanford University and Volker Wieland, research on the real equilibrium interest rate is not yet useful for monetary policy…

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According to Volker Wieland, the monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB) is not appropriate for Germany. Neither does he consider it…

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The political and economic crisis in Greece, the debate on how to safeguard the future of the eurozone, and the massive quantitative easing by the…

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