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performance. Our theoretical analysis focuses on bank incentives to manage bad loans. We show that interventions involving bank … perspective, in particular how do they affect recession duration? We find that bank restructuring, which includes bank … but smaller. Blanket guarantees on bank liabilities and monetary policy do not have a significant effect. …
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Exchange market pressure (EMP) measures the pressure on a currency to depreciate. It adds to the actual depreciation a weighted combination of policy instruments used to ward off depreciation, such as interest rates and foreign exchange interventions, where the weights are their effectiveness....
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This discussion paper led to publication in (E.F.M. Wubben (Ed.)) 'Institutions and Regulation for Economic Growth? Public Interest versus Private Incentives', 2011, pp. 187-209, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. <P> In the analysis of the credit crisis of 2007-2010 a clear distinction should be made...</p>
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We develop a theoretical framework for studying the effects of interaction on the quaJity of decision-making by monetary policy committees. We show that interaction, i.e. increasing one's expertise through an exchange of views, is most likely not to result in interdependent voting...
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turn, would require the central bank to rethink its monetary policy to the extent that traditional relationships between … transmission mechanism in a 'new economy' environment. We argue that, although the form of central bank instruments and current …
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This paper examines which macroeconomic and financial variables are most informative for the federal funds target rate decisions made by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) from a forecasting perspective. The analysis is conducted for the FOMC decision during the period January 1990 - June...
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realistic central bank transfersand the dynamics of bond holdings. …
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yields in Germany, France, Italy and Spain have been affected by monetary policy measures of the European Central Bank. We …
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We investigate the implications for the setting of interest rateswhen monetary policy decisions are taken by a committee, in whicha subset of members may meet prior to the voting in the committeeand therefore has the possibility to reach consensus ex ante to voteunanimously ex post. We allow for...
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circumstances. The model, which measures additional bank capital required to compensate for fluctuating credit risk, is a novel …
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