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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...
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Did the renewable fuel standard shift market expectations of the price of ethanol?
Baumeister, Christiane; Ellwanger, Reinhard; Kilian, Lutz - 2016
It is commonly believed that the response of the price of corn ethanol (and hence of the price of corn) to shifts in biofuel policies operates in part through market expectations and shifts in storage demand, yet to date it has proved difficult to measure these expectations and to empirically...
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Macroeconomic sources of risk in the term structure
Balfoussia, Chiona (contributor);  … - 2004
In this paper we develop a new way of modelling time variation in term premia. This is based on the stochastic discount factor model of asset pricing with observable macroeconomic factors. The joint distribution of excess holding period US bond returns of different maturity and the fundamental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002521058
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Channel systems : why is there a positive spread?
Berentsen, Aleksander; Marchesiani, Alessandro; Waller, … - 2010
An increasing number of central banks implement monetary policy via two standing facilities: a lending facility and a deposit facility. In this paper we show that it is socially optimal to implement a non-zero interest rate spread. We prove this result in a dynamic general equilibrium model...
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Do markets care about central bank governor changes? : evidence from emerging markets
Moser, Christoph (contributor); Dreher, Axel (contributor) - 2007
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Elusive safety : the new geography of capital flows and risk
Alfaro, Laura; Faia, Ester; Judson, Ruth A.; … - 2020
dollar-denominated securities are increasingly inter-mediated by tax havens financial centers (THFC) and by less regulated … funds. These securities are risky and respond to tax rates and prudential regulations, suggesting tax avoidance and … sector and increased with quantitative easing policies. Facts on the privately held securities are rationalized through a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210945
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Unemployment and debt dynamics in a highly indebted small open economy
Heer, Burkhard; Schubert, Stefan Franz - 2011
The paper analyzes the dynamic effects of a total factor productivity shock and an interest rate risk premium shock in a highly indebted open economy. In contrast to the standard open economy framework, search unemployment and wage bargaining are introduced. We find that a negative total factor...
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Measuring the social discount rate under uncertainty : a methodology and application
Ahsan, Syed; Tsigaris, Panagiotis Demetrios - 2002
It is well recognised that the issue of the social rate of discount applies only to the gains from public investment that accrues to the public sector. When it comes to measurement, however, there is a problem: public investment in infrastructure and the like do not usually yield direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514079
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The impact of macro news and central bank communication on emerging European forex markets
Égert, Balázs; Kočenda, Evžen - 2013
We employ two-stage empirical strategy to analyze the impact of macroeconomic news and central bank communication on the exchange rates of three Central and Eastern European (CEE) currencies against the euro. First we estimate the nominal equilibrium exchange rate based on a monetary model....
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The ECB's policy, the recovery fund and the importance of trust : the case of Greece
Dimakopoulou, Vasiliki; Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; … - 2021
This paper, using a microfounded macroeconomic model that embeds the key features of the Greek economy, studies the efficacy of the various policy measures taken, at national and EU level, to cushion the economic effects of the pandemic shock. The paper attempts to give quantitative answers to...
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