This article addresses the existence of a wide range of estimated government spending multipliers in a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model of the euro area. Our estimation results and counterfactual exercises provide evidence that omitting the interactions of key ingredients at the...

Much of the literature on interest rate pass through assumes banks set retail rates by observing current market rates. We argue instead that banks anticipate the direction of short-term market rates when setting interest rates on loans, mortgages and deposits. If anticipated rates - captured by...

The Euro area as a whole has experienced a marked downward trend in inflation over the past decades and, concomitantly, a protracted period of depressed activity. Can permanent and gradual shifts in monetary policy be held responsible for these dynamics? To answer this question, we embed...

Im Verlauf des Jahres 2010 geriet die Stabilität der Europäischen Währungsunion in Gefahr. Die bestehenden Mechanismen zur Krisenvermeidung schienen nicht zu wirken. Diskutiert wird, ob die Problemlösung bei den Staatshaushalten oder bei den Banken ansetzen sollte und ob neue...