My dissertation studies various questions falling into the broad context ofmacroeconomics and international economics. The questions have macroeconomiccomponents because they are concerned with the behavior of aggregates. Specifically,the second and third chapters of my dissertation study the...

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...

This thesis investigates the role of exchange rate in a small open economy policy framework. Focusing the analysis on the crisis-hit East-Asian countries, the main objective of this thesis is to investigate the necessity of the monetary authority to concern about the exchange rate stability by...