Lukas Spielberger
Biographic Data
| ID | 4381561 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lukas Spielberger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lukas |
| FAMILY NAME | Spielberger |
| SIGNATURE | SPIELBERGER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7533-3190 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Making markets
This article contributes to the scholarship on how public actors have shaped the direction of international financial market integration. We contend that supranational institutions have both a mandate to support capital market development and can directly contribute to this development through their debt issuance. As large AAA-rated issuers, supranational issuers possess the technical and financial resources to influence market developments. We i…
Institutional foundations of financial statecraft
peer reviewed
Building a European Union ‘Treasury
This article examines how the European Commission went from being an occasional participant in capital markets in the 1970s to an established bond issuer by the 2020s. As a result of these changes, the Commission has moved away from its traditional model of back‐to‐back lending using a wide array of funding instruments towards the regular issuance of EU bonds and bills in the style of a European treasury. Using a principal–agent approach, we ask …
New roles in central bank cooperation
Accountability in pan-European borrowing
peer reviewed
No Longer Neutral
While the euro has, since its creation, been the world’s second most important currency, the ECB has long depoliticized the international role of the euro by proclaiming a neutral stance. However, as this article explains, since 2019, the ECB has embraced currency internationalization and framed the issue in geopolitical terms. This policy change reflects a response to a changed international political environment after 2018 and it has led the EC…
The politicisation of the European Central Bank and its emergency credit lines outside the Euro Area
Is the European Central Bank (ECB) increasingly acting on political – rather than technocratic – considerations? This question is of a central concern to students of European Union (EU) political economy. This article contributes to this debate by studying the ECB’s credit lines to the central banks of EU member states outside the Euro Area during the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 crisis. Both times the ECB accorded selectively better …
Financial adjustment as a driver of growth model change
International burden-sharing during a financial crisis
The politicisation of the European Central Bank and its emergency credit lines outside the Euro Area
Is the European Central Bank (ECB) increasingly acting on political – rather than technocratic – considerations? This question is of a central concern to students of European Union (EU) political economy. This article contributes to this debate by studying the ECB’s credit lines to the central banks of EU member states outside the Euro Area during the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 crisis. Both times the ECB accorded selectively better …
New roles in central bank cooperation
Building a European Union ‘Treasury
This article examines how the European Commission went from being an occasional participant in capital markets in the 1970s to an established bond issuer by the 2020s. As a result of these changes, the Commission has moved away from its traditional model of back‐to‐back lending using a wide array of funding instruments towards the regular issuance of EU bonds and bills in the style of a European treasury. Using a principal–agent approach, we ask …
No Longer Neutral
While the euro has, since its creation, been the world’s second most important currency, the ECB has long depoliticized the international role of the euro by proclaiming a neutral stance. However, as this article explains, since 2019, the ECB has embraced currency internationalization and framed the issue in geopolitical terms. This policy change reflects a response to a changed international political environment after 2018 and it has led the EC…
Accountability in pan-European borrowing
peer reviewed
Financial adjustment as a driver of growth model change
International burden-sharing during a financial crisis
Financial adjustment as a driver of growth model change
The politicisation of the European Central Bank and its emergency credit lines outside the Euro Area
Is the European Central Bank (ECB) increasingly acting on political – rather than technocratic – considerations? This question is of a central concern to students of European Union (EU) political economy. This article contributes to this debate by studying the ECB’s credit lines to the central banks of EU member states outside the Euro Area during the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 crisis. Both times the ECB accorded selectively better …
No Longer Neutral
While the euro has, since its creation, been the world’s second most important currency, the ECB has long depoliticized the international role of the euro by proclaiming a neutral stance. However, as this article explains, since 2019, the ECB has embraced currency internationalization and framed the issue in geopolitical terms. This policy change reflects a response to a changed international political environment after 2018 and it has led the EC…
Building a European Union ‘Treasury
This article examines how the European Commission went from being an occasional participant in capital markets in the 1970s to an established bond issuer by the 2020s. As a result of these changes, the Commission has moved away from its traditional model of back‐to‐back lending using a wide array of funding instruments towards the regular issuance of EU bonds and bills in the style of a European treasury. Using a principal–agent approach, we ask …
New roles in central bank cooperation
Accountability in pan-European borrowing
peer reviewed
Making markets
This article contributes to the scholarship on how public actors have shaped the direction of international financial market integration. We contend that supranational institutions have both a mandate to support capital market development and can directly contribute to this development through their debt issuance. As large AAA-rated issuers, supranational issuers possess the technical and financial resources to influence market developments. We i…
Institutional foundations of financial statecraft
peer reviewed
Economics (6 works) · Financial system (5 works) · Global Financial Crisis and Policies (5 works) · Global Financial Regulation and Crises (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · European union (4 works) · International economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Debt (3 works) · European Monetary and Fiscal Policies (3 works)