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Bundesverfassungsgericht und Krisenpolitik der EZB — Stellungnahmen der Ökonomen

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  • Kai Konrad
  • Clemens Fuest
  • Harald Uhlig
  • Marcel Fratzscher
  • Hans-Werner Sinn

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In June 2013, the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany held an expert hearing on the suitability of ECB measures, such as the purchase of government bonds, and their compatibility with existing EU and German legislation. The statements of five invited experts are documented here. The authors comment on the path from the agreement that has laid down the basic rules for the euro area to a crisis-driven approach that seems to have forgotten these rules. The ECB policy holds many risks - above all that of financing public budgets almost without limits - for the stability of monetary and fiscal governance in the euro area. On the other hand, ECB measures can also be interpreted as a necessary means to comply with the ultimate task of the ECB, the defence of price stability. Hence the ECB’s crisis measures do not represent any intention to intervene in fiscal or economic policy measures, and after the crisis the ECB can return to a narrower interpretation of the role of a central bank. It should not be forgotten that the ECB measures bear high risks for the countries in trouble as well as for those countries supporting them. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

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  • Kai Konrad & Clemens Fuest & Harald Uhlig & Marcel Fratzscher & Hans-Werner Sinn, 2013. "Bundesverfassungsgericht und Krisenpolitik der EZB — Stellungnahmen der Ökonomen," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 93(7), pages 431-454, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:93:y:2013:i:7:p:431-454
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-013-1547-8
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    1. Christian Bayer & Chi Hyun Kim & Alexander Kriwoluzky, 2018. "The Term Structure of Redenomination Risk," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1740, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.

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    Keywords

    E52; E58; E62;
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    JEL classification:

    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory

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