Marcel Fratzscher
President of DIW Berlin
Marcel Fratzscher is President of DIW Berlin, one of the leading economic research institutes and think tanks in Europe, and Professor of Macroeconomics and Finance at Humboldt-University Berlin
Featured work
Instruments of a strategic foreign economic policy
Study for the German Federal Foreign Office produced by Bruegel, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and DIW Berlin.
Reconciling risk sharing with market discipline: A constructive approach to euro area reform
This publication proposes six reforms to improve the Eurozone’s financial stability, political cohesion, and potential for delivering prosperity.
A resilient Euro needs Franco-German compromise
In a piece signed by 15 leading French and German economists, Nicolas Véron lays out a path to a more sustainable Euro. Germany will need to accept so
Mere criticism of the ECB is no solution
What would happen if the ECB failed to respond to the excessively low inflation and the weak economy? And what economic policy would be suitable under
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Book
12 November 2021
Instruments of a strategic foreign economic policy
Study for the German Federal Foreign Office produced by Bruegel, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and DIW Berlin.
Event
29 January 2018
Integration of migrants in the EU
This event will discuss the integration of migrants in the EU as well as the EU's response to the recent refugee crisis
External publication
17 January 2018
Reconciling risk sharing with market discipline: A constructive approach to euro area reform
This publication proposes six reforms to improve the Eurozone’s financial stability, political cohesion, and potential for delivering prosperity.
Opinion piece
27 September 2017
A resilient Euro needs Franco-German compromise
In a piece signed by 15 leading French and German economists, Nicolas Véron lays out a path to a more sustainable Euro. Germany will need to accept so
Opinion piece
10 April 2016
Mere criticism of the ECB is no solution
What would happen if the ECB failed to respond to the excessively low inflation and the weak economy? And what economic policy would be suitable under
Opinion piece
05 August 2015
Greece’s debt burden can and must be lightened within the Euro
The current link between debt servicing and membership of the single currency leads to a vicious circle that increases uncertainty, weakens growth and
Opinion piece
22 July 2015
Griechenlands Schuldenlast kann und muss im Euroraum erleichtert werden
Die Verknüpfung von Schuldendienst mit der Mitgliedschaft in der Währungsunion führt zu einem Teufelskreis, der das Wachstum schwächt und damit eine R
Blog post
21 January 2015
The ECB’s bond-purchase dilemma
German opposition to government-bond purchases by the European Central Bank is solidifying ahead of the programme’s likely announcement on January 22.
Opinion piece
19 January 2015
Die EZB ist verpflichtet, ihr Mandat zu erfüllen
Die Sorgen über die Auswirkungen und die Effektivität des Programms sind groß. Die EZB muss vorsichtig die Kosten und Risiken – vor allem die Umvertei
Opinion piece
13 February 2014
Taking the mandate of the ECB seriously
The ECB must achieve price stability in the euro area and contribute to the general economic objectives of the Union, if its price stability mandate a