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The belief that the ECB follows the US Federal Reserve in setting its policy is so entrenched with market participants and commentators that the search for empirical support would seem to be a trivial task. However, this is not the case. We find that the ECB is indeed often influenced by the...
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This paper reviews the factors that will determine the shape of financial markets under EMU. It argues that financial markets will not be unified by the introduction of the euro. National central banks have a vested interest in preserving local idiosyncracies (e.g. the Wechsels in Germany) and...
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This paper explores the effects of non-standard monetary policies on international yield relationships. Based on a descriptive analysis of international long-term yields, we find evidence that long-term rates have followed a global downward trend prior to as well as during the financial crisis....
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policy and reform effort on the one hand and the emergence of intra-Euro area divergences on the other. As a first step, we … assess the effect of EMU on structural reform and investigate this question by an examination of the relationship between … fixed exchange rates and reform in two wider samples of countries. We also stress that loose monetary conditions, which …
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