We examine the effect of the short-selling ban in 2011 on Spanish stocks on the level of risk in the banking sector. Before the ban, short positions were found to be positive and significantly related to the creditworthiness of medium-sized banks, these being generally less internationally...

We assess the effects of reforms in product and labor markets in a model economy featuring credit restrictions and pre-existing long-term debt. Both elements, which are core features of the current scenario faced by some euro area countries, combine to produce a slow and protracted deleveraging...

We provide a general equilibrium framework for analyzing the effects of supply and demand side policies, and the potential synergies between them, in an asymmetric monetary union that faces a liquidity trap and a slow deleveraging process in its ‘periphery‘. We find that the joint...

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Presentación realizada por el director general de Economía y Estadística con motivo de la edición de la monografía 2017

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El Banco Central Europeo (BCE) ha desplegado una respuesta enérgica ante los desafíos planteados por la crisis del Covid-19 a la economía del área del euro. Este documento revisa las diferentes medidas de política monetaria adoptadas por el BCE desde la irrupción de la pandemia, y...