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...

Monetary policy's weight in macroeconomic policy has increased over the past years, especially with the liberalization of financial markets and development of new financial instruments. With this new global economy, the gap between countries has become wider, and the less developed are...

This research aim to analyse the influent of the domestic price sell, real fee and interest rate to domestic offering of crude palm oil (CPO) simultanly in North Sumatra. Analyse the influent of the export price sell, domestic price and Consumer Price Index (IHK) to export offering of crude palm...

In this paper we examine the sensitivity of stock returns to market, interest rate, and exchange rate risk in three financial sectors (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance) in 16 countries, including various European economies, the US and Japan. We also test for the presence of...

In dieser Arbeit werden die Auswirkungen von spekulativen Attacken auf die Stabilität von Zielzonensystemenn in unterschiedlichen Ansätzen analysiert. Außerdem wird die Wirksamkeit verschiedener Politikoptionen zur Verteidigung eines Systems von Währungsbändern vor solchen Attacken...

Untersuchungsziel dieser finanzwissenschaftlichen Arbeit ist die Wirkung einer Tobin-Steuer als spezielle Transaktionssteuer auf das Devisen-Handelsvolumen und die Wechselkursvolatilität. Ausgangspunkt bildet das mikroökonomische Investitionsverhalten der Marktteilnehmer, das wir mit Hilfe von...

The thesis consists of two essays: "The CAPM -- A General Equilibrium Foundation" and "The Foreign Exchange Rate in Financial Markets".The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is one of the most successful models for portfolio selection. The utility functions are assumed to depend positively on...

Uma avaliação empírica da existência de racionamento de crédito, segundo Stiglitz e Weiss (1981), requer o estudo do impacto da política monetária sobre o mercado de crédito, em especial sobre a taxa de juros dos empréstimos. Desta forma, o objetivo deste artigo é analisar as...

The inflation expectations channel of the transmission mechanism is generally recognised as crucial for the implementation of modern monetary policy. This paper briefly reviews the practices commonly employed for measuring inflation expectations in South Africa, and offers an additional method,...