10.08.2015 • 30/2015
Deutschland hat finanziell stark von der Griechenlandkrise profitiert
Der ausgeglichene Haushalt in Deutschland ist zu einem großen Teil auf Zinseinsparungen aufgrund der Schuldenkrise zurückzuführen. Berechnungen des Leibniz-Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) zeigen, dass sich aus der Krise zwischen 2010 und heute Einsparungen für den deutschen Haushalt von rund 100 Mrd. Euro (mehr als 3% des Bruttoinlandsprodukts) ergaben, die sich zumindest zum Teil direkt auf die Griechenlandkrise zurückführen lassen. Diese Einsparungen übertreffen die Kosten der Krise – selbst dann, wenn Griechenland seine Schulden komplett nicht bedienen würde. Deutschland hat also in jedem Fall von der Griechenlandkrise profitiert.
Reint E. Gropp
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Monetary Policy under the Microscope: Intra-bank Transmission of Asset Purchase Programs of the ECB
L. Cycon, Michael Koetter
IWH Discussion Papers,
Nr. 9,
2015
Abstract
With a unique loan portfolio maintained by a top-20 universal bank in Germany, this study tests whether unconventional monetary policy by the European Central Bank (ECB) reduced corporate borrowing costs. We decompose corporate lending rates into refinancing costs, as determined by money markets, and markups that the bank is able to charge its customers in regional markets. This decomposition reveals how banks transmit monetary policy within their organizations. To identify policy effects on loan rate components, we exploit the co-existence of eurozone-wide security purchase programs and regional fiscal policies at the district level. ECB purchase programs reduced refinancing costs significantly, even in an economy not specifically targeted for sovereign debt stress relief, but not loan rates themselves. However, asset purchases mitigated those loan price hikes due to additional credit demand stimulated by regional tax policy and enabled the bank to realize larger economic margins.
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Friend or Foe? Crowdfunding Versus Credit when Banks are Stressed
Daniel Blaseg, Michael Koetter
IWH Discussion Papers,
Nr. 8,
2015
Abstract
Does bank instability push borrowers to use crowdfunding as a source of external finance? We identify stressed banks and link them to a unique, manually constructed sample of 157 new ventures seeking equity crowdfunding. The sample comprises projects from all German equity crowdfunding platforms since 2011, which we compare with 200 ventures that do not use crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is significantly more likely for new ventures that interact with stressed banks. Innovative funding is thus particularly relevant when conventional financiers are facing crises. But crowdfunded ventures are generally also more opaque and risky than new ventures that do not use crowdfunding.
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Stress Testing and Bank Efficiency: Evidence from Europe
Iftekhar Hasan, Fotios Pasiouras
International Journal of Corporate Finance and Accounting,
Nr. 2,
2015
Abstract
This study examines whether and how the stress testing of European banks in 2010, 2011, and 2014 is related to their technical, allocative, and cost efficiency. Using a sample of large commercial banks operating in 20 European countries, and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), the authors perform comparisons between banks that were included in one of the three European stress tests and untested banks operating in the same countries. They estimate various specifications as for the inputs and outputs, cross-section and pooled estimations, and they also examine alternative samples as for the ownership of banks. In general, the authors conclude that banks included in the stress-test exercises are more efficient that their counterparties. The differences tend to be statistically significant in the case of allocative efficiency and cost efficiency, but not in the case of technical efficiency. With regards to the latter form of efficiency, the results depend upon the specification and the stress test in question.
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The Age of Global Value Chains: Maps and Policy Issues
Joao Amador, Filippo di Mauro
CEPR Press,
2015
Abstract
Global value chains (GVCs) - referring to the cross-border flows of goods, investment, services, know-how and people associated with international production networks - have transformed the world. Their emergence has resulted in a complete reconfiguration of world trade, bearing a strong impact on the assessment of competitiveness and economic policy. The contributions to this eBook are based on research carried out within the scope of the Eurosystem Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet), bringing together participants from EU national central banks, universities and international organisations interested in competitiveness issues. The mapping of GVCs and full awareness about their implications are essential to informed public debate and improved economic policy.
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06.07.2015 • 27/2015
Die Ablehnung des Reformprogramms als Chance für ein Reformprogramm
Der Präsident des IWH sieht die Verhandlungen zwischen Griechenland und der Europäischen Union (EU) noch nicht am Ende: Ein Grexit nach dem Referendum erscheint nur auf den ersten Blick unausweichlich. Durch den Rücktritt von Finanzminister Varoufakis und die Stärkung der Legitimation der griechischen Regierung ergibt sich eine kleine Chance auf Einigung mit der EU. Es bleiben aber nur wenige Tage.
Reint E. Gropp
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02.07.2015 • 26/2015
14. Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften in Halle: IWH lädt zum Dialog über Griechenland-Krise ein
Am Freitag, dem 3. Juli 2015, lädt das Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) im Rahmen der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften am Abend zu zahlreichen Vorträgen ein. Interessierte Bürger sind zum Zuhören und Mitdiskutieren eingeladen, wenn es um die Zuspitzung der Griechenland-Krise, um Bankenregulierungen, eine Bestandsaufnahme nach einem halben Jahr Mindestlohn oder – im 25. Jahr der Deutschen Einheit – um den Stand des Aufbaus Ost geht.
Reint E. Gropp
Oliver Holtemöller
Oliver Rehbein
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Consequences of China’s Opening to Foreign Banks
Ran Li, Xiang Li, Wen Lei, Yiping Huang
L. Song, R. Garnaut, C. Fang, L. Johnston (Hrsg.), China's Domestic Transformation in a Global Context. Acton: ANU Press,
im Erscheinen
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China’s government has recently implemented additional reforms to relax the regulatory environment for foreign banks. Specifically, State Council Order No. 657, signed by Premier Li Keqiang, announced a decision to revise the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Administration of Foreign-Funded Banks, effective from 1 January 2015. Implications of the revised regulations include removal of the requirement that a minimum of RMB100 million operating capital be transferred unconditionally from the overseas parent bank to the newly opened Chinese branch. In addition, in terms of the conditions attached to the right to carry out RMB-denominated activity, foreign banks are now eligible to apply to undertake local currency business after operating in China for one year—down from the previous three years. The requirement for two consecutive years of profit will be scrapped as well.
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