Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Gunther Schnabl
Organizer: Florian Hartjen, Fabian Kurz, Gunther Schnabl, Christian Hoffmann
Date: 30.06.2017
Room: Commerzbank Leipzig, Thomaskirchhof 22
To be graded: Term paper (guidelines)
Topic subscription: 05.04.2017, 15:00 - 16:30, Room I232 (Sophia Latsos)
Submission deadline for term paper: 29.06.2017
The allocation of topics can be downloaded here.
Seminar is in line with the conference Die Zukunft des Geldes.
| Topics | Supervisor | |
| 1. | Brexit! Grexit? The Political Economy of the EMU and the Future of the Common Currency | Latsos |
| 2. | Global Currency vs. Currency Competition: Which Way to Go? | Müller |
| 3. | Power to the Central Banks: Can a Sovereign Money System ("Vollgeldsystem") Guarantee Economic and Financial Stability? | Müller |
| 4. | The Future of Money: Fiat Money, Commodity Standard, or Blockchain? | Müller |
| 5. | The Future of Banking: Fractional Reserve Banking or Free Banking | Müller |
| 6. | Ultra-low Interest Rates and Quantitative Easing - Distributional Effects on the Corporate Sector | Müller |
| 7. | 7 Years of Ultra-low Interest Rates - Are the Traditional Transmission Channels of Monetary Policy Still Working? | Latsos |
| 8. | Rethinking Monetary Policy Targets - Is Inflation Targeting Enough? | Latsos |
| 9. | Exit-Strategies from Ultra-low Interest Rate Policies | Müller |
| 10. | The Cashless Economy - Opportunity or Risk? | Latsos |
| 11. | Growth Effects of Internally and Externally Imposed Financial Repression | Latsos |
| 12. | Dealing with Financial Market Exuberance Through Macroprudential Measures | Müller |