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Are there differences in the effectiveness of quantitative easing at the zero-lower-bound in Japan over time?
Michaelis, Henrike; Watzka, Sebastian - 2014
changing effectiveness of the Bank of Japan's Quantitative Easing policies over time. We analyse the Zero-Interest Rate Policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010383204
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Does institutional change really matter? : inflation targets, central bank reform and interest rate policy in the OECD countries
Muscatelli, V. Anton; Tirelli, Patrizio; Trecroci, Carmine - 2000
recently adopted inflation targets. Some significant shifts in the conduct of monetary policy are detected in the G3 countries …, especially in the US A and Japan. In contrast with popular wisdom, it is only since the 1990s that policies in these countries … begin to look consistent with an inflation-targeting regime. In addition, the introduction of inflation targeting and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781553
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Assessing monetary policy in Norway
Andreassen, Harald Magnus; De Grauwe, Paul; Solheim, Haakon - 2001
We evaluate the policy of flexible inflation targeting implemented by the Norges Bank since March 2001. We discuss the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408405
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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
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Causal effects of the Fed's large-scale asset purchases on firms' capital structure
Nocera, Andrea; Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2022
This paper investigates the short- and long-term impacts of the Federal Reserve's large-scale asset purchases (LSAPs) on the capital structure of U.S. non-financial firms. To isolate the effects of LSAPs from the impact of concurrent macroeconomic conditions, we exploit cross-industry variations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013176956
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The relevance or otherwise of the central bank's balance sheet
Miles, David; Schanz, Jochen - 2014
This paper explores the impacts on an economy of a central bank changing the size and composition of its balance sheet. One of the ways in which such asset purchases could influence prices and demand is via portfolio balance effects. We develop and calibrate a simple OLG model in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010237193
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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
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Climate change mitigation : how effective is green quantitative easing?
Abiry, Raphael; Ferdinandusse, Marien; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2022
We develop a two sector incomplete markets integrated assessment model to analyse the effectiveness of green quantitative easing (QE) in complementing fiscal policies for climate change mitigation. We model green QE through an outstanding stock of private assets held by a monetary authority and...
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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
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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...
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