This paper applies the identified VAR methodology to synthetic euro area data from 1980 till 1998 to study the macro …-economic effects of an unexpected change in monetary policy in the euro area. The focus is on the area-wide monetary transmission. It … is shown that the overall macro-economic effects of a monetary policy shock in the euro area are very similar to those …

in an estimated DSGE model of euro area. We then analyse its impact on optimal monetary policy and investigate the …

. Our results show that given the current degree of openness of the US and euro area economies, the gains from monetary …

the effects of monetary policy shocks on wages and employment in the euro area. The use of a large data set comprising … country, sectoral and euro area-wide data allows us to better identify common monetary policy shocks in the euro area and …