TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - International Policy Coordination and Simple Monetary Policy Rules T2 - Swiss journal of economics and statistics N2 - This paper studies monetary policy in an optimizing two-country model. We suppose a two-step production process that is associated with vertical trade. Prices of final consumption goods are sticky and pass-through can be incomplete. Monetary authorities should respond to both home and foreign shocks in this set-up.Which simple, i.e. non-optimal, targeting rule best supports the welfare maximizing policy hinges critically on the degree of the cross-country interdependence in production and the relative importance of productivity and cost-push shocks. We argue that the relative volatility of productivity and cost-push shocks determines whether the monetary authority should follow a price targeting rulewhereas the degree of vertical integration determines which simple price targeting rule (producer or consumer price index targeting) is best. KW - policy coordination KW - policy rule KW - consumer price targeting KW - producer price targeting KW - monetary targeting Y1 - 2010 SN - 0303-9692 VL - 146 IS - 2 SP - 451 EP - 479 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Pickhardt, Michael A1 - Pitsoulis, Athanassios A1 - Prinz, Aloys A1 - Sarda, Jordi T1 - The hard shadow of the Greek economy: new estimates of the size of the underground economy and its fiscal impact T2 - Applied Economics Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.896984 SN - 0003-6846 VL - 46 IS - 18 SP - 2190 EP - 2204 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Kißmer, Friedrich T1 - Central bank independence and financial stability: A tale of perfect harmony? T2 - European Journal of Political Economy Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2013.04.004 SN - 0176-2680 VL - 31 SP - 109 EP - 118 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Kißmer, Friedrich T1 - Monetary Policy and Asset Prices: When Cleaning Up Hits the Zero Lower Bound T2 - Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics Y1 - 2013 SN - 0303-9692 VL - 149 IS - 3 SP - 291 EP - 312 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Knütter, Rolf T1 - The ECB in an Enlarged Monetary Union: How to Reform the Rotation Scheme T2 - Journal of Economic and Social Policy Y1 - 2012 SN - 1325-2224 VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 24 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Berger, Wolfram ED - Albach, Horst ED - Baier, Daniel ED - Mißler-Behr, Magdalena T1 - Effektivität und Effizienz von (makroökonomischer) Wirtschaftspolitik auf globalisierten Märkten T2 - Gründung, Innovation und Transformation: Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der BTU Cottbus: Ehrenkolloquien für Prof. Dr. habil. Prof. e. h. Dieter Schönknecht und Prof. Dr. Dr. Rainer Schwarz Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-8441-0198-0 SP - 107 EP - 114 PB - Eul Verlag CY - Lohmar ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - Optimal Monetary Policy and Sectoral Shocks: Is International Monetary Cooperation Beneficial? T2 - Scandinavian Journal of Economics Y1 - 2007 SN - 1467-9442 VL - 109 IS - 2 SP - 1 EP - 24 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - De Vita, Glauco T1 - Forward guidance: New monetary policy instrument or esoteric fad? T2 - Public Money & Management Y1 - 2015 SN - 0954-0962 VL - 35 IS - 4 SP - 289 EP - 296 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Kißmer, Friedrich T1 - Optimal interest rate policy during asset price booms: The mirage of ‘benign neglect’ T2 - Economics Letters Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2008.08.025 SN - 0165-1765 VL - 101 IS - 3 SP - 265 EP - 267 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - Monetary policy rules and the exchange rate T2 - Journal of Macroeconomics Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2007.05.003 SN - 0164-0704 VL - 30 IS - 3 SP - 1064 EP - 1084 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - Monetary Policy Rules for a Small Open Economy T2 - Economic Notes Y1 - 2008 SN - 1468-0300 VL - 37 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 30 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Kißmer, Friedrich T1 - Why Do Monetary Policymakers Lean With the Wind During Asset Price Booms? T2 - Frontiers in Finance & Economics Y1 - 2009 SN - 1814-2044 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 155 EP - 174 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Battenfeld, Dirk T1 - Preispolitik und Hedging bei Ungewißheit T2 - Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis Y1 - 2008 SN - 0340-5370 VL - 60 IS - 3 SP - 197 EP - 209 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Kißmer, Friedrich A1 - Wagner, Helmut T1 - Monetary Policy and Asset Prices: More Bad News for Benign Neglect T2 - International Finance Y1 - 2007 SN - 1468-2362 VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 20 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - International Interdependence and the Welfare Effects of Monetary Policy T2 - International Review of Economics and Finance Y1 - 2006 SN - 1059-0560 VL - 15 IS - 4 SP - 399 EP - 416 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - The Choice between Fixed and Flexible Exchange Rates: Which is Best for a Small Open Economy? T2 - Journal of Policy Modeling Y1 - 2006 SN - 0161-8938 VL - 28 IS - 4 SP - 371 EP - 385 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Wagner, Helmut T1 - Interdependent Expectations and the Spread of Currency Crises T2 - IMF Staff Papers Y1 - 2005 SN - 0020-8027 VL - 52 IS - 1 SP - 41 EP - 54 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Wagner, Helmut T1 - Globalization, Financial Volatility and Monetary Policy T2 - Empirica Y1 - 2004 SN - 1573-6911 VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 163 EP - 184 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - Dollarization of Liabilities, Fear of Floating and Optimal Exchange Rate Volatility T2 - Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften Y1 - 2003 VL - 54 IS - 3 SP - 301 EP - 322 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - Die Ausbreitung von Währungskrisen T2 - Wirtschaftsdienst Y1 - 2001 VL - 81 IS - 6 SP - 358 EP - 363 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Wagner, Helmut T1 - Emerging Market-Krisen: Bekannte Modelle und neue Ansätze T2 - List-Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik Y1 - 2001 SN - 0342-2623 VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 178 EP - 193 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Battenfeld, Dirk A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - Booms und Busts an Aktivamärkten - Implikationen für die Zinspolitik T2 - Bankarchiv Y1 - 2007 SN - 1015-1516 VL - 55 IS - 5 SP - 379 EP - 384 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - Die Entstehung und Ausbreitung von Währungskrisen Y1 - 2002 SN - 3-428-10703-9 N1 - Zugl.: Hagen, Fernuniv., Diss., 2001 PB - Duncker & Humblot CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Berger, Wolfram ED - Lardic, Sandrine ED - Mignon, Valerie T1 - Exchange Rate Policy and Foreign Debt: When Is a Fear of Floating Optimal? T2 - Recent Developments on Exchange Rates Y1 - 2004 SN - 1-4039-3487-8 PB - Palgrave CY - London ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Schnellenbach, Jan T1 - Strategien für die Forschungslandschaft Lausitz im Strukturwandel Y1 - 2017 UR - http://lausitzer-perspektiven.de/content/1-de/3-perspektiven/studie-empfiehlt-mehr-investitionen-in-die-wissenschaft/strategien-forschungslandschaft_gutachten_bergerschnellenbach_18092017.pdf N1 - Gutachten im Auftrag des Lausitzer Perspektiven e.V. CY - Cottbus ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Salotti, Simone A1 - Sardà, Jordi T1 - Do fiscal decentralization and income inequality affect the size of the shadow economy? A panel data analysis for OECD countries T2 - Applied Economics Letters N2 - In this article, we study fiscal decentralization and inequality as driving forces of the shadow economy in advanced economies. Our empirical analysis suggests that a reduction in income inequality will contain the shadow economy, whereas expenditure and tax decentralization do not significantly impact it. As decentralization is generally believed to increase government efficiency, this result is indicative of already highly efficient public administrations. Our results further indicate that redistributive policies positively affect the size of the shadow economy, whereas the tax burden does not have any discernible effect on the shadow economy in our sample. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2017.1346356 SN - 1466-4291 SN - 1350-4851 VL - 25 IS - 8 SP - 571 EP - 575 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Nagase, Yoko T1 - Banking union in Europe: How much centralisation is needed? T2 - Bulletin of Economic Research N2 - We examine the efficiency of banking regulation in a federation with two tiers of government and highly integrated banking systems. We assume that policy makers have incomplete information about banks’ true health, and banking sector turmoil can generate cross-border spill-over effects. We show that, in such an environment, the decentralisation of policy responsibilities for the regulation of banks can achieve the first-best allocation and ensure financial stability. While national governments design banking regulations, the federal policy maker authorises inter-regional income redistribution payments throughout the federation. Our results suggest that strengthening national responsibilities in banking regulation and supervision in the course of the further development of the European banking union may be advisable. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12126 SN - 1467-8586 SN - 0307-3378 VL - 70 IS - 1 SP - E67 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Hokamp, Sascha A1 - Seibold, Götz T1 - Dynamic behavioral changes in an agent-based econophysics tax compliance model. Bomb-crater versus target effects and efficient audit strategies T2 - Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice N2 - We investigate an inhomogeneous Ising model in the context of tax evasion dynamics where different types of agents are parametrised via local temperatures and magnetic fields. Our work focuses on the dynamic behavioural change of agents after an audit which either corresponds to a temporal reduction or enhancement of compliance and is also known under the terms 'bomb crater' and 'target effect', respectively. We analyse this effect for different types of agents: endogenously non-compliant types, agents that have the tendency to copy (non-)compliant behaviour from their social environment, ethical agents with strong endogenous morale attitudes and random types that show large uctuations between compliant and non-compliant behaviour. Each type in uences the overall tax evasion differently, and interestingly, our model predicts that increasing the audit probability can have the counterintuitive effect of increasing tax evasion under certain circumstances. We analyse audit strategies that can suppress this effect and thus contribute to the burgeoning literature on the actual impact of tax audits. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1332/251569120X15840237292628 SN - 2515-6926 VL - 36 IS - 1 SP - 3 EP - 24 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Markwardt, Gunther A1 - Schnellenbach, Jan T1 - Entwicklung eines Indikatorensystems für die unternehmerische Leistungsfähigkeit des Lausitzer Mittelstandes Y1 - 2020 UR - https://wirtschaftsregion-lausitz.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2._Indikatorensystem-fuer-unternehmerische-Leistungsfaehigkeit-des-Mittelstandes_Schlussbericht.pdf PB - Wirtschaftsregion Lausitz GmbH CY - Cottbus ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Schnellenbach, Jan A1 - Titze, Mirko A1 - Lange, Hans-Rüdiger T1 - Empirische Analyse und Konzepterarbeitung eines Entrepreneurship-Indikators Lausitz. Gutachten im Auftrag der Innovationsregion Lausitz GmbH Y1 - 2018 UR - https://www.b-tu.de/fg-vwl-mikro/publikationen/jan-schnellenbach#c226800 CY - Cottbus ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Nagase, Yoko T1 - Waste management regulation: policy solutions and policy shortcomings T2 - Scottish Journal of Political Economy N2 - A model of packaging waste management is presented to explore the policy options available to governments to implement waste regulation in light of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Our model endogenizes the packaging design as an additional determinant for the overall amount of waste jointly with consumers’ sorting effort and producers output decisions. The model shows that the policies that yield the first-best allocation may not find public support. Furthermore, if the set of available policy instruments is limited, production and consumption of the good is likely to settle on a sub-optimal level even though the optimal allocation may be achievable. Finally, the model demonstrates that a landfill tax may actually increase landfill waste in the presence of tradable credits for recycling activities. The results shed light on some shortcomings of existing regulatory schemes such as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations of the UK. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12137 SN - 1467-9485 SN - 0036-9292 VL - 65 IS - 3 SP - 205 EP - 223 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Lademann, Sascha A1 - Schnellenbach, Jan A1 - Weidner, Silke A1 - Zundel, Stefan T1 - Standortpotentiale Lausitz: Studie im Auftrag der Zukunftswerkstatt Lausitz N2 - Die Studie beginnt mit einer überblicksartigen Bestandsaufnahme der aktuell vorliegenden Gutachten zur Lausitz und ihrem Strukturwandel (Teil A). Es folgt ein breiter und dabei, soweit es die Datenlage erlaubt, auch möglichste feinkörniger Überblick über die aktuelle Situationder Lausitz und ihrer Teilräume (Teil B). Dieser Überblick ist gegliedert in die Bereiche Wirtschaftsstruktur und Wertschöpfung (Teil B.I), Arbeitsmarkt (Teil B.II), sowie Infrastruktur und Lebensraum (Teil B.III). Es folgen eine Analyse der Integration und Kooperationsmöglichkeiten im Dreiländereck (Teil C) sowie der Erreichbarkeit der relevanten Märkte aus der Region und der regionsüberschreitenden Beziehungen (Teil D). Darauf aufbauend werden die endogenen Potentiale der Lausitz und ihrer Teilräume wiederum so feinkörnig wie möglich analysiert (Teil E). Eine Diskussion von Stärken und Schwächen der Strukturpolitik in einzelnen anderen deutschen Regionen soll auf Fallstricke hinweisen und das Lernen aus erfolgreichen struktur-und regionalpolitischen Ansätzen ermöglichen (Teil F). Die Studie schließt mit einer zusammenfassenden Darstellung von Handlungsempfehlungen, die sich aus den zuvor durchgeführten Analysen ergeben, sowie von Ansätzen für die weitere Forschung (Teil G). KW - Strukturwandel KW - Lausitz Y1 - 2019 UR - https://zw-lausitz.de/fileadmin/user_upload/01-content/03-zukunftswerkstatt/02-downloads/studie-standortpotenziale-lausitz.pdf CY - Cottbus ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Schnellenbach, Jan A1 - Zundel, Stefan T1 - Die Lausitz auf einem schwierigen Weg. Die BTU Cottbus untersucht, wie die strukturschwache Region durch Innovation und Spezialisierung punkten kann T2 - Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten KW - Strukturwandel KW - Innovation KW - Smart Specialization KW - Fachkräftemangel Y1 - 2019 UR - https://abo.pnn.de/media/view/2019/10/prowissen_potsdam_ev_wissenschaft_im_zentrum_1599.pdf IS - 26.10.2019 SP - Seite B3 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Markwardt, Gunther A1 - Rettig, Julia A1 - Schnellenbach, Jan A1 - Titze, Mirko A1 - Zundel, Stefan T1 - Engpass Arbeitsmarkt? Chance und Risiko für den Strukturwandel in der brandenburgischen Lausitz Y1 - 2024 UR - https://www-docs.b-tu.de/fg-energie-umweltoekonomik/public/BeForSt/Policy%20Brief%20III%20lang.pdf UR - https://www.b-tu.de/fg-energie-umweltoekonomik/forschung/aktuelle-projekte/beforst/publikationen PB - BTU CY - Cottbus ER - TY - GEN A1 - Dermody, Janine A1 - Nagase, Yoko A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - Theorising self-repairers’ worldview-personhood to advance new thinking on extended product lifetimes T2 - International Journal of Consumer Studies N2 - The ecological and societal problems caused by product obsolescence and consumerism in modern economies constitute a “wicked human-made problem” of significant magnitude. Current (old) ways of thinking cannot address these problems. Accordingly, in this paper, we critically explore the novel idea of integrated personhood and worldviews to theorize research on self-repairers and their repair behaviours to extend product lifetimes. We conducted a structured and systematic review of published work (n = 183) to identify the conceptual content of the field to inform our theorization. Our findings highlight three key issues. First, constricted theorization undermines understanding of self-repairers and their product lifetime extension (and spillover) behaviours. Second, the underlying conceptual complexity is typically underestimated. Third, the dominance of voluntarist and deterministic studies impedes new directions in research. From our review, an integrated worldview–personhood framework emerges that can deepen understanding of avant-garde self-repairers’ engagement with product lifetimes. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12582 VL - 44 IS - 5 SP - 435 EP - 444 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Kreutzer, Fabian T1 - Does Offshoring Boost Productivity? A Comparison of SMEs and Large Firms for Germany T2 - Economics and Business Letters N2 - We use plant-level evidence for Germany to explore the productivity effects of offshoring of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and compare them to those derived for a sample of large German companies. SMEs usually face tighter resource constraints than larger companies, thus making it harder for them to reap the potential productivity gains associated with offshoring. We find evidence for the group of SMEs that plants that offshore business activities tend to be among the more productive ones, ex ante. However, offshoring plants lose this edge over their non-offshoring counterparts. The initial productivity gap is reversed, and the productivity of offshoring plants lags behind even several years after off-shoring has actually taken place. Neither observation can be confirmed for large companies. KW - Offshoring KW - SME KW - Productivity KW - Difference-in-difference analysis Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.17811/ebl.11.2.2022.46-52 SN - 2254-4380 VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 46 EP - 52 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Kißmer, Friedrich A1 - Knütter, Rolf ED - Kendall, Alan N. T1 - Monetary Policy and Asset Prices: The Impact of Globalization on Monetary Policy Trade-Offs T2 - International Business and Finance Issues Y1 - 2007 SN - 978-1-60021-891-0 SN - 1-60021-891-1 SP - 133 EP - 148 PB - Nova Science Publ. CY - New York ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Kreutzer, Fabian T1 - The labour market effects of offshoring of small and medium-sized firms: micro-level evidence for Germany T2 - Applied Economics N2 - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the economic powerhouse of many OECD countries (perhaps most prominently so in Germany). Yet, the labour market dynamics caused by the internationalization of their production activities are largely unexplored. We use surveybased micro-level data for Germany to explore the employment effects of offshoring of SMEs, relying on propensity score matching and difference-in-difference analysis. We find evidence for a downsizing effect in the immediate aftermath of offshoring whereas, initially, job creation is not spurred. In the medium run, we find evidence for a slowing down of employment dynamics of offshoring firms (that tend to belong to the better performing SMEs in Germany) relative to nonoffshoring firms. Even though our results do not point to a net employment loss in the medium run, our evidence suggests that offshoring may lead to less jobs being created. This conclusion cannot be confirmed for large companies. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2017.1420900 SN - 0003-6846 SN - 1466-4283 VL - 50 IS - 32 SP - 3416 EP - 3431 ER - TY - THES A1 - Berger, Wolfram T1 - Optimal Design of Monetary Policy in Open Economies Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Wagner, Helmut T1 - Spreading Currency Crises: The Role of Economic Interdependence Y1 - 2002 PB - IMF CY - Washington, DC ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Wagner, Helmut T1 - International Policy Coordination and Simple Monetary Policy Rules Y1 - 2006 PB - IMF CY - Washington, DC ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Wagner, Helmut T1 - Financial Globalization and Monetary Policy Y1 - 2003 PB - De Nederlandsche Bank CY - Amsterdam ER -