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Payments

SAFE Policy Lecture: Bundesbank Board member Burkhard Balz calls for European solution for cashless payment systems

Pension

SAFE Policy Blog by Alexander Ludwig: The Negative Effects of the "Respect Pension"

China

Justin Yifu Lin, the former Chief Economist of the World Bank, sees a large potential for China´s economy

Evaluation

The German Council of Science and Humanities recommends admission of SAFE to the Leibniz Association

Target2

New Paper: "Target Balances and Financial Crises – A Reply to Fuest and Sinn (2018)" by Jan Krahnen

Latest SAFE Research Publications

Holger Kraft, Farina Weiss	Consumption-Portfolio Choice with Preferences for Cash Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control	2019
Reint Gropp, Thomas Mosk, Steven Ongena, Carlo Wix	Bank Response to Higher Capital Requirements: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment Review of Financial Studies	2019
Holger Kraft, Claus Munk, Farina Weiss	Predictors and Portfolios Over the Life Cycle forthcoming in Journal of Banking and Finance	2019
Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Ralph Rogalla, Tatjana Schimetschek	Will They Take the Money and Work? An Empirical Analysis of People’s Willingness to Delay Claiming Social Security Benefits for a Lump Sum Journal of Risk and Insurance	2018

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News

12 Feb 2019

Burkhard Balz: Setting the Course Now for New Payment Methods

SAFE Policy Lecture: Bundesbank Board member calls for European solution for cashless payment systems [more]

28 Jan 2019

The German Council of Science and Humanities recommends admission of SAFE to the Leibniz Association

Application of SAFE rated as "excellent" [more]

25 Jan 2019

“China Will Have to Shoulder More Responsibility in the World”

SAFE Policy Lecture: Justin Yifu Lin, the former Chief Economist of the World Bank, sees a large potential for China´s economy [more]

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Latest SAFE Policy Publications

Jan Pieter Krahnen	Target Balances and Financial Crises Policy Letter No. 71	Jan 2019
Kunka Petkova, Alfons J. Weichenrieder	Grunderwerbsteuer: Eine Steuer für das 21. Jahrhundert? White Paper No. 58	Jan 2019
Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Andreas Hackethal, Johannes Kasinger, Christine Laudenbach	Wie viel Rente wirst du bekommen? – Pilotstudie zur Einführung einer Renteninformationsplattform in Deutschland SAFE White Paper No. 57	Oct 2018

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SAFE Policy Blog

Alexander Ludwig: Hubertus Heil's proposal for a tax-financed basic pension would solve some problems. Nevertheless, the concept would be expensive and could significantly increase disincentives to work

Alfons Weichenrieder: Technical studies attest only minor advantages in terms of carbon footprint to the use of electric cars compared to vehicles with conventional power engines. However, important economic conditions are overlooked

Matthias Goldmann: The European Court of Justice’s verdict on the bond purchases of the European Central Bank (ECB) shows the rationalizing effect of legal discourses

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Latest SAFE Research Publications

News

Burkhard Balz: Setting the Course Now for New Payment Methods

The German Council of Science and Humanities recommends admission of SAFE to the Leibniz Association

“China Will Have to Shoulder More Responsibility in the World”

Latest SAFE Policy Publications

SAFE Policy Blog

The Negative Effects of the "Respect Pension"

The Climate Effects of Electric Cars: Expensive, but Underestimated

Every Year Again: The ECB’s Monetary Policy in Court

SAFE Research Areas

Upcoming Events

SAFE Policy Lecture: Dirk Schoenmaker (Erasmus University)

SAFE Policy Lecture: Philipp Hartmann (ECB)

Final conference on "Quantitative Easing and Financial (In)Stability"

6th International Conference on Sovereign Bond Markets: Quantitative Easing and Financial (In)Stability

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