Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 96
Cover Image
Structural distortions and decentralized fiscal policies in EMU
Beetsma, Roel; Bovenberg, Ary Lans - 2001
inflation bias as monetary policy tries to exploit nominal wage contracts to address labour-market distortions Although an … inflation target eliminates this inflation bias, it creates a conflict between monetary policy and discretionary fiscal policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398780
Cover Image
The Eurozone as an inflation target zone
Della Posta, Pompeo; Tamborini, Roberto - 2022
aiming for two per cent inflation over the medium term", with "symmetric commitment" to this target. "Symmetry means that the … therefore analyse this policy strategy through a model of inflation target zone, with a central value and symmetric upper and … lower bounds on inflation, within which the central bank may decide not to intervene, provided inflation is expected to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013413505
Cover Image
Mixing QE and interest rate policies at the effective lower bound : micro evidence from the euro area
Bittner, Christian; Rodnyansky, Alexander; Saidi, Farzad; … - 2021 - First version: June 15, 2021, this version: October 12, 2021
In the presence of negative monetary-policy rates and a zero lower bound on deposit rates, banks that are more exposed to central banks' asset-purchase programs reduce their lending to the real economy by more than their counterparts. When banks face a lower bound on customer deposit rates, an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012649768
Cover Image
The term structure of interest rates in a heterogeneous monetary union
Costain, James; Nuño, Galo; Thomas, Carlos - 2022
We build a no-arbitrage model of the yield curves in a heterogeneous monetary union with sovereign default risk, which can account for the asymmetric shifts in euro area yields during the Covid-19 pandemic. We derive an affine term structure solution, and decompose yields into term premium and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285648
Cover Image
Quantitative easing in the euro area : an event study approach
Urbschat, Florian; Watzka, Sebastian - 2017
We examine the effects of the Asset Purchase Programme (APP) gradually introduced by the European Central Bank from September 2014 onwards. Studying the short-term reaction of financial markets after APP press releases, we analyse the development of bond yields and spreads around these releases....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011743065
Cover Image
The minimum inflation rate for Euroland
Reutter, Michael; Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2000
no country face a deflation. This minimum aggeragate inflation rate is 0.94% in the euro-11 countries and 1.13% in an … the Balassa model, the paper calculates a minimum aggregate inflation rate which is compatible with the requirement that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786718
Cover Image
ECB interventions in distressed sovereign debt markets : the case of Greek bonds
Trebesch, Christoph; Zettelmeyer, Jeromin - 2014
This paper analyses the determinants and effects of ECB interventions in times of severe distress. We focus on the Greek government bond market in mid-2010 and use a unique new dataset to show, for the first time, what type of bonds the ECB bought. We then explore the short-term effects of ECB...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337515
Cover Image
The European Central Bank's QE : a new hope
Wieladek, Tomasz; Garcia Pascual, Antonio - 2016
We examine the impact of the ECB's QE on Euro Area real GDP and core CPI with a Bayesian VAR, estimated on monthly data from 2012M6 to 2016M4. We assess the total impact via a counter-factual exercise, country-by-country and through alternative transmission channels. QE anouncement shocks are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011488021
Cover Image
Euro area house prices and unconventional monetary policy surprises
Hülsewig, Oliver; Rottmann, Horst - 2021
This paper examines the reaction of house prices in a panel of euro area countries to monetary policy surprises over the period 2010-2019. Using Jordà’s (2005) local projection method, we find that real house prices rise in response to expansionary monetary policy shocks that can be related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509392
Cover Image
The Euro area periphery sovereigns' fiscal positions and unconventional monetary policy
Hülsewig, Oliver; Scharler, Johann - 2020
We explore the reaction of the euro area periphery sovereigns' fiscal positions to an unconventional monetary policy shock. We estimate panel vector autoregressive (VAR) models over the period 2010-2018, and identify the shock by imposing sign restrictions. Our results suggest that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154910