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Heterogeneity in euro-area monetary policy transmission : results from a large multi-country BVAR model
Mandler, Martin; Scharnagl, Michael; Volz, Ute - 2016
We study cross-country differences in monetary policy transmission across the large four euro-area countries (France, Germany, Italy and Spain) using a large Bayesian vector autoregressive model with endogenous prior selection. Drawing both on the posterior distributions of the cross-country...
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Changes in the euro area interest rate pass-through
Michaelis, Henrike - 2024
This paper uses a time-varying vector autoregressive (VAR) model for the euro area to explore the changes in the interest rate pass-through to bank retail rates following conventional and unconventional monetary policy shocks. The median estimate of the impulse responses shows a considerably...
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Demand for Central Bank Reserves and Monetary Policy Implementation Frameworks : The Case of the Eurosystem
Åberg, Pontus; Corsi, Marco; Grossmann-Wirth, Vincent; … - 2021
This paper discusses commercial banks’ demand for central bank reserves under two alternative monetary policy framework configurations, namely: (i) an interest rate corridor system with scarce liquidity, and (ii) a floor system with ample liquidity. It outlines the interaction between the...
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The (in)stability of money demand in the Euro area
Nautz, Dieter; Rondorf, Ulrike - 2010
The instability of standard money demand functions has undermined the role of monetary aggregates for monetary policy … instability of euro area money demand. Our results obtained from panel estimation indicate that the observed instability of … standard money demand functions could be explained by omitted variables like e.g. technological progress that are important for …
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Quantitative easing, portfolio rebalancing and credit growth : micro evidence from Germany
Tischer, Johannes - 2018
This paper sheds light on the effect of quantitative easing (QE) on bank lending. Using data on German banks for 2014-2016, I show that QE encourages banks to rebalance from securities to loans. For identification, I use bond redemptions as exogenous variation in banks' need to rebalance their...
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Hampered interest rate pass-through : a supply side story?
Heckmann, Lotta; Moertel, Julia - 2020
This paper shows that the supply side of credit is a major factor for the phenomenonof hampered interest rate pass-through in monopolistic banking markets. Our data,covering all 1,555 small and medium sized banks in Germany, provides a clear wayto partial out demand shocks; we are thus able to...
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Evolution of the Ecb's Analytical Framework
Holm-Hadulla, Federic; Musso, Alberto; Vlassopoulos, Thomas - 2021
This paper discusses the role of economic and monetary analysis in the monetary policy strategy of the European Central Bank (ECB). Both areas of analysis have evolved since the 2003 strategy review. Economic analysis has assigned an increasingly relevant role to the Eurosystem and ECB staff...
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Monetary transmission right from the start : the (dis)connection netween the money market and the ECB’s main refinancing rates
Abbassi, Puriya; Nautz, Dieter - 2010
The relation between the ECB's main refinancing (MRO) rates and the money market is key for the monetary transmission … process in the euro area. This paper investigates how money market rates respond to the new information revealed by MRO … disconnection of money market rates from the policy-intended interest rate level. These findings support the fixed rate full …
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The effectiveness of monetary policy in steering money market rates during the financial crisis
Abbassi, Puriya; Linzert, Tobias - 2012
The financial crisis has deeply affected money markets and thus, potentially, the proper functioning of the interest … area money market rates looking at, first, the predictability of money market rates on the basis of monetary policy … expectations, and second the impact of extraordinary central bank measures on money market rates. We find that during the crisis …
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Negative monetary policy rates and systemic banks' risk-taking : evidence from the euro area securities register
Bubeck, Johannes; Maddaloni, Angela; Peydró, José-Luis - 2020
We show that negative monetary policy rates induce systemic banks to reach-for-yield. For identification, we exploit the introduction of negative deposit rates by the European Central Bank in June 2014 and a novel securities register for the 26 largest euro area banking groups. Banks with more...
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