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This paper characterises rules-based fiscal policy setting. Basically, we translate a standard monetary policy rule into a simple fiscal policy rule. We then infer on fiscal policymakers' reaction coefficients by testing the rule with GMM. Interaction is also tested directly by the inclusion of...
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and tail risk, and by affecting option market liquidity, including the bid-ask spread and market depth. Our estimates …
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We show that the transmission of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) recent monetary policy tightening differs across banks depending on their level of excess reserves. Specifically, the net worth of reserve-rich banks may display a boost when the interest rate paid on reserves increases...
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"Big G" typically refers to aggregate government spending on a homogeneous good. In this paper, we open up this construct by analyzing the entire universe of procurement contracts of the US government and establish five facts. First, government spending is granular, that is, it is concentrated...
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Traditionally, aggregate liquidity shocks are modelled as exogenous events. Extending our previous work (Cao & Illing …, 2008), this paper analyses the adequate policy response to endogenous systemic liquidity risk. We analyse the feedback … between lender of last resort policy and incentives of private banks, determining the aggregate amount of liquidity available …
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We show that emergency liquidity provision by the Federal Reserve transmitted to non-U.S. banking markets. Based on … lending and borrowing rates of banks with and without such access. U.S. liquidity shocks cause a significant decrease in the …
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area. In a structural VAR, we identify a liquidity shock rooted in the interbank market and use its impulse response … Gertler and Kiyotaki (2010). We highlight two main results. First, an identified liquidity shock causes a sizable and … in 2008–09. Second, the liquidity injected in the market by the ECB played an important role in attenuating the …
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impact on liquidity conditions as measured by bid-ask spreads and inter-dealer order book depth. We further show that the …
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