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On the occasion of the 70th birthday of Prof. Theodor Baums, legal expert in commercial law and corporate governance, Prof. Helmut Siekmann has edited…

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Many economists argue in their papers that the natural rate of interest, or r-star, has declined over the past decades. Based on this, central banks…

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According to ECB President Draghi, the low interest rates in the euro area are partly a consequence of the low equilibrium interest rate. Henrike…

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The Federal Constitutional Court examines the duty of disclosure of the German Bundestag. The Green Party (die Grünen) have filed a complaint, citing…

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In times of extremely low or even negative interest rates, unconventional monetary policy measures and steps towards the limitation of cash payments,…

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