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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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Money growth and consumer price inflation in the euro area : a wavelet analysis

Mandler, Martin; Scharnagl, Michael - 2014

Our paper studies the relationship between money growth and consumer price inflation in the euro area using wavelet analysis. Wavelet analysis allows to account for variations in the money growth-inflation relationship both across the frequency spectrum and across time. We find evidence of...

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Why the European Securities Market is Not Fully Integrated

Giovannini, Alberto - 2008

I describe the challenge of fully integrating securities markets in Europe by integrating the clearing and settlement …

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Estimating the effects of the Eurosystem's asset purchase programme at the country level

Mandler, Martin; Scharnagl, Michael - 2020

We assess the macroeconomic effects of the Eurosystem's asset purchases on the four largest euro area economies using simulation exercises that combine unconventional monetary policy shocks with a fixed policy rate for the duration of the purchase programme. We identify unconventional monetary...

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Bank loan supply shocks and alternative financing of non-financial corporations in the euro area

Mandler, Martin; Scharnagl, Michael - 2019

We analyse the macroeconomic effects of exogenous contractions in bank lending to non-financial corporations in the Euro Area, Germany, France, Italy and Spain using a Bayesian vector autoregressive model with endogenous hyperparameter selection and identification via sign restrictions. We focus...

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Financial cycles in euro area economies : a cross-country perspective

Kunovac, Davor; Mandler, Martin; Scharnagl, Michael - 2018

We study the cross-country dimension of financial cycles for six euro area countries using three different methodologies: principal component analysis, synchronicity and similarity measures and wavelet analysis. We find that equity prices and interest rates display synchronization across...

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The Determinants of Realignment Expectations Under the EMS : Some Empirical Regularities

Chen, Zhaohui - 1993

The stability of the EMS depends crucially on realignment expectations of the market participants. In this paper we discuss how to measure such expectations and how to relate them to economic fundamentals, central bank reputation, and institutional arrangements of the EMS. We find the following...

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The Currency Reform as the Last Stage of Economic and Monetary Union : Some Policy Questions

Giovannini, Alberto - 1991

The paper discusses the policy problems of a project aimed at substituting several national currencies with one single currency. While these problems are of general interest, the analysis is motivated by the plan for Economic and Monetary Union among the members of the European Community. The...

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Capital Flight and Tax Competition : Are There Viable Solutions to Both Problems?

Giovannini, Alberto - 1990

This paper discusses a model corporate tax system based on the application of the residence principle. This tax system, while preserving national sovereignties, minimizes the distortions from international capital mobility. The paper is motivated by an analysis of European capital income tax...

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Can The European Monetary System Be Copied Outside Europe? Lessons From Ten Years of Monetary Policy Coordination In Europe

Giavazzi, Francesco - 1988

This paper addresses the question of whether the European Monetary System can be copied outside Europe. Our answer is … negative. The EMS is just one element of a more comprehensive design of institutional integration within Europe: the presence … to EMS exchange rate targets in a way that would not be present. say, among the United States, Europe and Japan. The EMS …

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