In a study prepared together with Professor Friedrich Schneider of the Johannes Kepler University Linz, illegal demand for cash in Germany is investigated. The study presents an overview of economic research on the use of cash in the shadow economy as well as fresh empirical analyses by the authors. They look at the influence of the shadow economy on cash lodgements at Bundesbank branches and the demand for banknotes in Germany.

This study investigates the effects on consumer prices of rounding final total prices or individual prices in the retail sector.

Speeches, interviews and opinion pieces by the members of the Executive Board are published in the "Press" section.