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whether there is convergence in monetary transmission. The countries included are: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the …
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German policy during the Eurozone crisis supposedly follows an ordoliberal tradition. In this paper, we discuss to what … extent this contention holds and to what extent Germany pragmatically responded to different crisis phenomena. A proper … economic constitution for Europe in which several pillars supposedly aim at ensuring sound money in the Eurozone. The policies …
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This paper studies ECB and Bundesbank communication on monetary policy during the first years of the European Economic and Monetary Union. We study whether statements by different (groups of) central bankers have been contradictory and whether differences have diminished over time. We find that...
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wealth equivalents and anticipating the Greek participation, Germany will lose 30 billion (or 59 billion deutschmarks) and …
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prices in the four largest economies in the euro area: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We first calibrate a life …
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projection model for the Euro Area (aggregate data), Germany, Italy, and Portugal, we analyze the interaction between both …
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The pending enlargement of the European Monetary Union (EMU) has brought to the fore the discussion of the voting right distribution in the European Central Bank (ECB) council. We show that, in a model where labor unions internalize the inflationary consequences of wage setting, deviating from a...
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We estimate the effects of exogenous innovations to the balance sheet of the ECB since the start of the financial crisis within a structural VAR framework. An expansionary balance sheet shock stimulates bank lending, stabilizes financial markets, and has a positive impact on economic activity...
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This paper uses panel vector autoregressive models and simulations of an estimated DSGE model to explore the reaction of Euro area banks to the global financial crisis. We focus on their interest rate setting behavior in response to standard macroeconomic shocks. Our main empirical finding is...
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Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy on a micro panel at the bank and firm level, we study the transmission effectiveness of ECB’s large-scale asset purchasing programs programs (i.e. APP and PEPP) in the Euro area. Our findings show: first, balance sheet composition of...
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