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Regional heterogeneity, the rise of public debt and monetary policy in post-bubbles Japan : lessons for the EMU

Fischer, Raphael; Schnabl, Gunther - 2016

Both Japan and parts of the European Monetary Union have experienced boom and bust in stock and real estate markets … public debt and monetary policy in the context of crisis. It is shown for Japan that the attempts to maintain regional … expansion. Econometric estimations show that in Japan regional redistribution of funds has ensured homogeneous living conditions …

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Limits of monetary policy autonomy by East Asian debtor central banks

Löffler, Axel; Schnabl, Gunther; Schobert, Franziska - 2012

-Gordon-type central bank loss function that in both cases surplus liquidity limits monetary policy autonomy. In case of fixed exchange …

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Reasons for the demise of interest : savings glut and secular stagnation or central bank policy?

Mayer, Thomas; Schnabl, Gunther - 2019

In this paper we compare the Keynesian, neoclassical and Austrian explanations for low interest rates and sluggish growth. From a Keynesian and neoclassical perspective low interest rates are attributed to ageing societies, which save more for the future (global savings glut). Low growth is...

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The failure of ECB monetary policy from a Mises-Hayek perspective

Schnabl, Gunther - 2017

The paper analyses the common European monetary policy based on a Mises-Hayek overinvestment framework, which is combined with the theory of optimum currency areas. It shows how since the turn of the millennium a too expansionary monetary policy contributed to unsustainable overinvestment booms...

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Foreign currency denominated assets and international shock absorption in Switzerland and Japan

Schnabl, Gunther - 2015

Currencies of countries with persistent current account surpluses and high foreign currency denominated assets such as the Swiss franc and Japanese yen are under a persistent appreciation pressure, what restricts the degree of freedom in the choice of exchange rate regime. Official announcements...

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China and its Dollar exchange rate : a worldwide stabilizing influence?

McKinnon, Ronald I.; Schnabl, Gunther - 2011

We argue that criticism concerning the Chinese dollar peg is misplaced as no predictable link exists between the exchange rate and the trade balance of an international creditor economy. The stable nominal yuan/dollar rate is argued to have stabilized Chinese, East Asian and global growth....

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