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IMFS researcher Robert Beyer analyzes labor market performance of immigrants for the IMF

In view of the current refugee surge to Europe IMFS researcher Robert Beyer has analyzed during a research stay at the International Monetary Fund…

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Volker Wieland criticizes economic reforms of the grand coalition ("Deutschlandfunk")

The economic situation in Germany is good, Volker Wieland said in an interview with "Deutschlandfunk". However, reforms like the introduction of the…

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Helmut Siekmann views discussion on cash restrictions critically ("Börsen-Zeitung")

According to Helmut Siekmann it may be judged differently whether restrictions on cash payments are legally permissible. In any case, such measures do…

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Volker Wieland criticizes scope of discretion in bank resolution ("Welt am Sonntag", "Die Welt")

According to Volker Wieland, the new Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, known as BRRD rules, allow a scope of discretion that is too broad.…

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Working Paper: Forward guidance and "lower for longer" - The Case of the ECB

Applying simple policy rules to the interest rate decisions of the ECB since 2013, Tilman Bletzinger and Volker Wieland find out that these rules call…

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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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