Macroeconomic stability is one of the most important national objectives in anycountry. However, economies are often subjected to a number of shocks(internal and external), which can be destabilising, produce volatility and make itdifficult to achieve and maintain economic stability....

To identify credit availability we analyze the extensive and intensive margins of lending with loan applications and all loans granted in Spain. We find that during the period analyzed both worse economic and tighter monetary conditions reduce loan granting, especially to firms or from banks...

Los prestamistas directos, entidades financieras de crédito no bancarias que operan con un reducido apalancamiento, se han convertido de modo gradual en importantes actores en los mercados de préstamos corporativos. En este trabajo investigamos el papel que han desempeñado en la transmisión...

Este trabajo investiga los efectos reales de shocks de crédito a escala banco-empresa y cómo estos efectos se propagan por toda la economía a través de vínculos proveedor-cliente. A tal fin, se combinan datos administrativos de empresas españolas con información sobre sus relaciones...

The current weakness in the global economy has generated a debate on the likely outlook for the world economy and the appropriate response for monetary policies. The world economy is currently being buffeted by a number of major shocks. A particular feature has been the large fall in equity...

Thesis (PhD (Economics))--Stellenbosch University, 2011.

This paper surveys recent advances in empirical studies of the monetary transmission mechanism (MTM), with special attention to Central and Eastern Europe. In particular, while laying out the functioning of the separate channels in the MTM, it explores possible interrelations between different...

Standard theories of investment behaviour have concentrated on the neoclassical andTobin?s Q approaches, with most empirical work on aggregate data focusing on the former. In contrast,a separate literature on monetary transmission, centred on the credit channel and financial acceleratoreffects,...

This study investigates the credit channel in the transmission of monetary policy in Germany by means of a structural analysis of aggregate bank loan data. We base our analysis on a stylized model of the banking firm, which specifies the loan supply decisions of banks in the light of...

The purpose of this thesis is to argue that the core of a monetary economy is a network of triangular contracts between banks, firms, workers and capital goods suppliers. Not only does this network give rise to the creation and valuation of money but it is the organising feature of modern...