• All Economic Ideas are Equal, but Some are more Equal than Others: A Differentiated Perspective on Macroprudential Ideas and their Implementation 

      Ibrocevic, Edin; Thiemann, Matthias (2018-06-01)
      In this study we investigate which economic ideas were prevalent in the macroprudential discourse post-crises in order to understand the availability of ideas for reform minded agents. We base our analysis on new findings ...
    • Collateral Eligibility of Corporate Debt in the Eurosystem 

      Pelizzon, Loriana; Riedel, Max; Simon, Zorka; Subrahmanyam, Marti G. (2020-04-01)
      We study how the Eurosystem Collateral Framework for corporate bonds helps the European Central Bank (ECB) fulfill its policy mandate. Using the ECBs eligibility list, we identify the first inclusion date of both bonds and ...
    • Does Monetary Policy Impact International Market Co-Movements? 

      Caporin, Massimiliano; Pelizzon, Loriana; Plazzi, Alberto (2020-05-11)
      We show that FED policy announcements lead to a significant increase in international comovements in the cross-section of equity and in particular sovereign CDS markets. The relaxation of unconventionary monetary policies ...
    • Macroprudential Policy in the Lab 

      Gortner, Paul; Massenot, Baptiste (2018-12-20)
      Higher capital ratios are believed to improve system-wide financial stability through three main channels: (i) higher loss-absorption capacity, (ii) lower moral hazard, (iii) stabilization of the financial cycle if capital ...
    • Measuring Sovereign Contagion in Europe 

      Caporin, Massimiliano; Pelizzon, Loriana; Ravazzolo, Francesco; Rigobon, Roberto (2015-04-01)
      This paper analyzes sovereign risk shift-contagion, i.e. positive and significant changes in the propagation mechanisms, using bond yield spreads for the major eurozone countries. By emphasizing the use of two econometric ...
    • Optimal Policy and Taylor Rule Cross-Checking Under Parameter Uncertainty 

      Bursian, Dirk; Roth, Markus (2013-09-26)
      We examine whether the robustifying nature of Taylor rule cross-checking under model uncertainty carries over to the case of parameter uncertainty. Adjusting monetary policy based on this kind of cross-checking can improve ...
    • The Effects of a Low Interest Rate Environment on Life Insurers 

      Berdin, Elia; Gründl, Helmut (2015-01-01)
      Low interest rates are becoming a threat to the stability of the life insurance industry, especially in countries such as Germany, where products with relatively high guaranteed returns sold in the past still represent a ...