Special Issue "Monetary and Financial Sustainability in a Post COVID-19 World"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 3 July 2023.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Philipp Bagus
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Department of Applied Economics, History and Economic Institutions and Moral Philosophy, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28032-Vicálvaro Campus, Madrid, Spain
Interests: Public Policies; Monetary Theory; European Union; Business Cycle Theory; Libertarian Philosophy; Business Ethics
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Prof. Dr. Antonio Sánchez-Bayón
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Department of Applied Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28032 Madrid, Spain
Interests: global economics and cross-cultural management; comparative and cultural studies; religion and economics; identity politics
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Prof. Dr. Miguel A. Alonso Neira
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Department of Applied Economics, History and Economic Institutions and Moral Philosophy, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28032-Vicálvaro campus, Madrid, Spain
Interests: Monetary Policy, Monetary Theory; Business Cycle Theory; Currency and Financial Crisis
Prof. Dr. José Antonio Peña-Ramos
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Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Granada, C/ Rector López Argüeta, s/n, 18071-Granada, Spain
Interests: Energy Security; Geostrategy of Energy Resources; Water; Russia; Libertarian Political Theory
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The situation of the world´s monetary and financial system is exceptional. Central banks are engaging in negative-interest-rate policies and quantitative easing. Government debts are at record highs. At the same time, the world is suffering the consequences of unprecedented lockdowns and the COVID-19 pandemic, which will require more financial engineering that will put the sustainability of the financial system at risk. The sustainability of the monetary and financial world is in question, and alternatives need to be explored. Major changes to the structure of the international monetary system may lie ahead. Christine Lagarde, when President of the IMF, declared that central banks should consider issuing their own digital currencies. At the same time, US President Donald Trump nominated Judy Shelton, a supporter of the gold standard, for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors. It is unclear how long the combination of fractional-reserve banking, a struggling and under-capitalized banking sector, an over-indebted private economy, a fiscally strained public sector, and the COVID-19 crisis will be sustainable. This Special Issue is dedicated to the sustainability issues related to our current monetary and financial system in a post COVID-19 world. Contributions to the Special Issue will examine the sustainability of government finances, the banking sector, the financial system at large, and price-stability policies, as well as alternative monetary systems, such as cryptocurrencies, and their sustainability. In this respect, it is important to examine the effects a monetary system may have on the environment in the form of business cycles, resource costs, and, particularly in the case of cryptocurrencies, energy costs. Contributions may also investigate the sustainability of monetary systems via case studies analyzing past crises and their social and cultural consequences. Articles may also approach the topic from an ethical point of view.

The following topics are addressed:

  • Sustainability of fractional reserve banking
  • Sustainability of unconventional monetary policies
  • Sustainability of the banking sector
  • Exit strategies from unconventional monetary policies
  • Reforms of the banking sector and the monetary system
  • Sustainability of price stability
  • Effects of a monetary system on the environment
  • Cryptocurrencies, energy and transaction costs
  • Sustainability of government finances
  • Comparison of alternative monetary systems
  • Comparison of resource costs of financial and monetary systems
  • The effects of government finances on the environment
  • Sustainability of financial capitalism
  • Conditions of a sustainable development and economic growth
  • The sustainability of the Eurosystem
  • Financial systems & tax havens
  • Ethics of money and banking

Prof. Dr. Philipp Bagus
Prof. Dr. Antonio Sánchez-Bayón
Prof. Dr. Miguel A. Alonso Neira
Prof. Dr. José Antonio Peña-Ramos
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Monetary policy and economics
  • Business and financial cycles
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Monetary sustainability
  • Currency competition
  • Energy costs
  • Transaction costs
  • Government finance
  • Banking sustainability
  • Debt sustainability
  • Sustainable development
  • Monetary economics
  • Digitalization
  • Financial economics
  • Sustainable economic growth
  • Eurosystem
  • Banking crisis
  • Financial crisis
  • Tax haven
  • Ethics

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Central Banks’ Monetary Policy in the Face of the COVID-19 Economic Crisis: Monetary Stimulus and the Emergence of CBDCs
Sustainability 2021, 13(8), 4242; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084242 - 11 Apr 2021
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This article analyzes the monetary policy of major central banks during the economic crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rising public debt in many countries is being financed through asset purchases by monetary authorities. Although these stimulus policies predate the pandemic, they have [...] Read more.
This article analyzes the monetary policy of major central banks during the economic crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rising public debt in many countries is being financed through asset purchases by monetary authorities. Although these stimulus policies predate the pandemic, they have been significantly boosted as many governments face large financing needs. We have been in a low interest rate environment for years and some governments have issued debt securities at negative rates. In addition, the rise of decentralized cryptocurrencies, based on blockchain technology, has created greater competition in the international monetary system and many governments have considered the creation of centralized virtual currencies, known as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). We will analyze some relevant cases, with an emphasis on the digital euro project. The methodology is based on the analysis of the evolution of monetary variables. Pearson’s correlation will be used to establish some relationships between them. There is a strong similarity in the expansionary monetary policies of central banks. Although the growth of the money supply has not been passed on to the CPI, it has been passed on to the financial markets and the price of assets such as Bitcoin or gold. Full article
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COVID-19 Pandemic, Sustainability of Macroeconomy, and Choice of Monetary Policy Targets: A NK-DSGE Analysis Based on China
Sustainability 2021, 13(6), 3362; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063362 - 18 Mar 2021
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This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sustainability of Chinese economic growth, government debt, and income inequality by constructing a new Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (NK-DSGE) model. The choice of monetary policy targets is then analyzed to hedge [...] Read more.
This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sustainability of Chinese economic growth, government debt, and income inequality by constructing a new Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (NK-DSGE) model. The choice of monetary policy targets is then analyzed to hedge the impact of the pandemic. We find that: (1) the aggregate demand and labor demand shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic posed serious challenges to the sustainable development of the economy and debt, and increased social inequality; (2) when the impact of the pandemic is mainly reflected in the recession in aggregate demand, monetary policy should pay more attention to the target of price stability; (3) when the impact of the pandemic is mainly reflected in a decline in labor demand, monetary policy should focus more on the target of economic growth; (4) when the pandemic has a significant impact on both aggregate demand and labor demand, a monetary policy which focuses more on the target of economic growth is conducive to minimizing welfare losses. Targeted policy implications, such as selecting monetary policy targets according to different manifestations of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and placing emphasis on monetary policy tools to stimulate consumption, alleviate unemployment, and alleviate social inequality, are suggested to improve the sustainability of the Chinese economy. Full article
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Principles of Monetary & Financial Sustainability and Wellbeing in a Post-COVID-19 World: The Crisis and Its Management
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 4655; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094655 - 22 Apr 2021
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This paper analyses the COVID-19 crisis and its management from the perspective of Austrian Economics. The attention focuses on the State’s coercive intervention according to the principles of political economy, capital theory and Austrian business economic cycles. The paper examines the specific case [...] Read more.
This paper analyses the COVID-19 crisis and its management from the perspective of Austrian Economics. The attention focuses on the State’s coercive intervention according to the principles of political economy, capital theory and Austrian business economic cycles. The paper examines the specific case of massive intervention by governments and, especially, central banks in monetary and financial markets to deal with the pandemic trying to mitigate its negative effects. The paper offers a critical analysis of government tax policies and the increase in public spending, considered as the panacea and universal remedy for the social troubles. This review concludes with a proposal to change the mainstream paradigm, thereby proposing a more sustainable and wellbeing economics. Full article
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