Firm Size, Industry Mix and the Regional Transmission of Monetary Policy in Germany
This paper estimates the impact of interest rate shocks on regional output in Germany over the period from 1970 to 2000. We use a vector autoregression (VAR) model to obtain impulse responses, which reveal differences in the output responses to monetary policy shocks across ten German provinces. Next, we investigate whether these differences can be related to structural features of the regional economies, such as industry mix, firm size, bank size and openness. An additional analysis of the volatility of real GDP growth for the period 1992-2000 includes the Eastern provinces. We also present evidence on the interrelationship between firm size and industry, and compare our measure of firm size with those used in previous studies. We conclude that the differential regional effects of monetary policy are related to industrial composition, but not to firm size or bank size. Copyright Verein für Socialpolitik and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2004.
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2004
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Authors: | Arnold, Ivo J. M. ; Vrugt, Evert B. |
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German Economic Review. - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS. - Vol. 5.2004, 1, p. 35-59
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Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS |
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