The world recession triggered by the financial crisis has impacted with extraordinary violence on economic activity in Italy.What has been the contribution of the various channels through which the crisis was transmitted to the Italian economy? What have been the effects stemming from the...

This work analyzes the macroeconomic impact of the euro-area sovereign debt crisis on the Italian economy by estimating the contribution of the main transmission channels underlying the recessionary dynamics at play since the second half of 2011. By means of a counterfactual analysis undertaken...

A prolonged period of low inflation, particularly in a situation of monetary policy rates near the zero lower bound, can heighten the risk of inflation expectations de-anchoring from the central bank objective. The purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of a sequence of deflationary...