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Book contribution: Remedies for the eurozone - how to fix the eurozone

Following the principle that liability and control must go hand in hand, Volker Wieland and his co-authors Lars Feld, Christoph Schmidt and Isabel…

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Op-ed piece by Volker Wieland on OMT hearing: "The ECJ's carte blanche for the ECB is going too far" (n-tv.de)

The Federal Constitutional Court should take the opportunity to send a clear signal to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The ECJ has kept the…

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Volker Wieland sees prohibition of monetary financing as fundamentally weakened before OMT hearing ("FAZ")

The Federal Constitutional Court is taking up the oral hearing regarding the controversial OMT program of the European Central Bank (ECB). Volker…

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For Helmut Siekmann elimination of cash payments would hardly be compatible with Basic Law ("Wiwo.de")

In the discussion regarding cash payments, the complete elimination of cash without any alternative would hardly be compatible with German Basic Law,…

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Volker Wieland sees no reason for restricting cash payments ("ARD-Mittagsmagazin")

In the debate about restricting cash payments in Germany, for Volker Wieland there are no arguments in favor of doing this. Cash is a very useful tool…

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Volker Wieland on the future of the monetary union ("Wiwo.de")

How is Greece doing, "Wirtschaftswoche online" is asking. Besides the problems with implementing reforms there is also now a debate going on about the…

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The IMFS is the anchor project of the Foundation of Monetary and Financial Stability (Stiftung Geld und Währung) ("Bundesbank Magazin")

In its latest edition, the employee magazine of Deutsche Bundesbank “Bundesbank Magazin”, presents the tasks of the Foundation of Monetary and…

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New Macroeconomic Model Data Base (MMB) website allows easier access

The computational platform "Macroeconomic Model Data Base" (MMB) allows even easier access at www.macromodelbase.com as well as under the heading…

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Helmut Siekmann sees no legal basis for restricting cash ("Handelsblatt")

With his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan has given new boost to the discussion about restricting cash…

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Kronberger Kreis criticizes the signals triggered by the OMT judgment of the European Court of Justice

Before the Federal Constitutional Court is reopening the hearings regarding the OMT program of the European Central Bank (ECB), the six economists…

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