This paper explores whether the cost channel solves the price puzzle. We set-up a New Keynesian DSGE model and estimate it for the euro area by adopting a minimum distance approach. Our findings suggest that - under certain parameter restrictions which are not rejected by the data - the cost...

This paper addresses the credit channel in Germany by using aggregate data. We present a stylized model of the banking firm, in which banks de-cide on their loan supply in the light of uncertainty about the future course of monetary policy. Applying a vector error correction model (VECM),we...