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This paper investigates in a consistent semi-structural empirical framework three current issues of monetary policy in the euro area. First, regarding policy transmission we offer a three-stage procedure to combine the efficient estimation of economic structure prior to EMU with current ECB...
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revisited. Using a broad data base of 14 EU-countries plus Canada, the US and Japan, and quarterly data from the mid 60s to the …
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European Monetary Union will come into existence in 1999. This raises questions related to the monetary policy targets that will be adopted by the European Central Bank (ECB). For both likely candidates, targeting a money aggregate or an inflation target, the existence of a stable money demand...
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A Monetary Conditions Index (MCI), a weighted average of the short-term real interest rate and the real exchange rate, is a commonly used indicator of aggregate demand conditions. In-sample evidence for the US, the euro area, Japan and the UK suggests that a Financial Conditions Index (FCI),...
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We compare the convergence with German monetary policy of the Balkan and Mediterranean country candidates for EU … membership with that of countries that have recently joined the EU. Significant linkages exist between German base money stock … and that of recent members of the EU; the same holds true for some of the Mediterranean region candidates for EU …
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admission to the European Union (EU), Poland and Hungary. Using a rational expectations, dynamic open economy aggregate supply … component of inflation has been demand driven, "core" inflation. Finally, policy implications of these findings regarding EU …
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rate risk premiums in the EU candidate countries as they undergo monetary convergence to the eurozone. The underlying …
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This paper examines whether economic integration favors countries' convergence into a common cone of diversification. We analyze the manufacturing specialization patterns for a sample of 19 current and potential European Union countries over the period 1963-1998, and assess the impact of...
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