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IMFS Working Paper regarding the debt brake in North Rhine-Westphalia

The debt brake in the federal states of Germany is not to be used as a pretext in order to shift borrowing from the Länder to local authorities or to...

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Helmut Siekmann calls for a simplification of rating rules ("Handelsblatt")

In the discussion about the Spanish central bank accepting wrongly rated collaterals Professor Helmut Siekmann calls for a simplification of the...

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IMFS Working Paper on the credit decisions of banks

In his new Working Paper, IMFS Visiting Scholar Vikrant Vig examines the relationship between lending practices of a large multinational bank, its...

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New IMFS Working Paper regarding government support for banks during the financial crisis

In a new Working Paper IMFS researcher Patrick Tuschl focuses on the support measures for German banks during the financial crisis, investigating how...

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Volker Wieland warns about expanding the ECB's purchase program (FAZ)

With Eurozone inflation falling below zero in September, reaching minus 0.1 per cent, demands are voiced asking for the expansion of the current...

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