Prof. Belke mit Vortrag auf dem World Finance & Banking Symposium in New Delhi/Indien

Ansgar Belke hat das Papier "Event Studies, the Random Walk Hypothesis and Risk Spreads: What Role for Central Bank Sovereign Bond Purchases in the Euro Area?" im Rahmen des World Finance & Banking Symposiums vom 19. bis 21.12.2019, New Delhi/Indien, vorgetragen (Session ‚Banking and Financial Institutions‘). Er war auch Chair dieser Session.

Ebenfalls im Rahmen des World Economic Symposiums diskutierte er den Beitrag „ECB Corporate QE and the Loan Supply to Bank-Dependent Firms“ von Roberto De Santis (European Central Bank) und Frank Betz (European Investment Bank) (Session ,Bank Loans, Economic Development and Innovation‘).

Prof. Belke mit Vortrag auf der 7th Paris Financial Management Conference (PFMC-2019)

Ansgar Belke hat das Papier "QE in the Euro area: Has the PSPP benefited peripheral bonds?" im Rahmen der 7th Paris Financial Management Conference (PFMC-2019) am 16.-18.12.2019 vorgetragen (Session ‚Asset Allocation and Valuation V‘). Er war auch Chair dieser Session.

Ebenfalls im Rahmen dieser Session diskutierte er den Beitrag „The Structure and Degree of Dependence in Government Bond Markets" von Nebojsa Dimic (University of Vaasa, Finland), Vanja Piljak (University of Vaasa, Finland, und Laurens Swinkels (Erasmus University & Robeco Institutional Asset Management, Netherlands).

Studienfahrt nach Brüssel

Die Anmeldungen für die Studienfahrt nach Brüssel vom 08.12. bis 11.12.2019 sind ab sofort möglich. Für weitere Informationen klicken Sie bitte hier.

Vortrag von Edoardo Beretta im Rahmen der GuWTP Vorlesung am 26.11.2019

Im Rahmen der GuWTP Vorlesung am 26.11.2019 hielt Dr. sc. ec. Dr. rer. pol. Edoardo Beretta (Università della Svizzera italiana und Franklin University Switzerland) einen Vortrag zum Thema „Von Bargeld zu digitalem Zentralbankgeld und Kryptowährungen: das prekäre Gleichgewicht zwischen Modernität und Geldstabilität“. Dr. sc. ec. Dr. rer. pol. Edoardo Beretta ist an der Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano Leitungsmitglied und Program Manager des Masterstudiengangs in Economics and International Policies (MEPIN) und Dozent (Senior Research Assistant), während er an der Franklin University Switzerland (FUS) in Lugano-Sorengo Adjunct Professor ist.

Masterseminar "Monetäre Ökonomik"

• Informationsblatt Masterseminar WiSe 19 20.pdf

Prof. Belke Organizer of an international Jean Monnet Workshop on „Current Account (Im-)Balances – Determinants and Policy Implications“

From October 24 to 26, 2019, the University of Duisburg-Essen, the University of Greifswald and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, will organize a Jean Monnet Workshop on „Current Account (Im-)Balances of the Euro Area and within the Euro Area Member Countries - Determinants and Policy Implications“, hosted by the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels. 

Current account (im-)balances played a central role during the financial crisis. The large deficits of a number of euro area countries (in the South and the East) were widely considered unsustainable (at their peak often more than 10 % of GDP). But they have been largely corrected now. The swing of the so-called periphery from deficit to surplus has not been accompanied by a mirror movement of the core as the large surpluses of Germany and some of its neighbours (NL, DK, AT, etc.) continue unabated.

Questions to be addressed are the following: how can one explain large swings in current accounts in one group, but essentially no change in another group with close economic links? Why did some other countries, not part of or linked to the euro (e.g. Sweden, Switzerland) also run persistent surpluses?

It is often argued that the persistence of the German (and other core countries) surpluses made the adjustment more difficult for the rest of the euro area. Can this be quantified? What policy actions could the governments of the surplus core countries have undertaken to reduce their surpluses?

Submission

Please submit your paper or extended abstract by April 30th, 2019, via E-Mail to ansgar.belke@uni-due.de. Preference will be given to full papers.
Authors will be informed about acceptance by May 30th, 2019.

Special issue

Selected, excellent papers will be considered for a special issue in Journal of International Money and Finance on "Current Account (Im-)Balances of the Euro Area and within the Euro Area Member Countries - Determinants and Policy Implications". Those papers will be subject to additional double blinded peer review.

Please find more information here and here.