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Volatility of interest rates in the euro area
Cassola, Nuno; Morana, Claudio - 2003
This paper estimates the factors underlying the volatility of the euro overnight interest rate and its transmission …'s operational framework for monetary policy implementation. Strong persistence is detected in all log-volatility processes and and …. the second factor explains the transmission of volatility along the money market yield curve. We find evidence that most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009635972
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Option-implied asymmetries in bond market expectations around monetary policy actions of the ECB
Vähämaa, Sami - 2004
This paper uses data on German government bond futures options to examine the behaviour of market expectations around monetary policy actions of the European Central Bank (ECB). In particular, this paper focuses on the asymmetries in bond market expectations, as measured by the skewness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636538
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The 2008 Financial Crisis and Taxation Policy
Hemmelgarn, Thomas - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009639922
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How does the ECB allot liquidity in its weekly main refinancing operations?
Ejerskov, Steen; Moss, Clara Martin; Stracca, Livio - 2003
This paper provides a simple weekly model of the regular supply of liquidity in the euro area, with a view to … understanding the functioning of the euro area money market. The main result of the analysis is that liquidity has normally been … deviations of the overnight rate from the main refinancing rate. Moreover the paper finds that liquidity has affected the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009635957
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Fiscal policy and inflation volatility
Rother, Philipp C. - 2004
Among the harmful effects of inflation, the negative consequences of inflation volatility are of particular concern … inflation volatility. Major results are robust for unconditional and conditional inflation volatility, the latter derived from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636540
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Forecasting Euro area industrial production using (mostly) business surveys data
Bruno, Giancarlo; Lupi, Claudio - Istituto di Studi e Analisi Economica, Rom - 2003
derived from the business surveys of the three major economies within the European Monetary Union (France, Germany, and Italy … in France and Germany; as far as Italy is concerned, forecasts are produced using a model that in the recent past proved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011291665
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A monthly indicator of the business climate in the french service industry : applications of benchmarking techniques in official statistics
Cornec, Matthieu; Deperraz, Thierry - Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes … - 2005
services sector. Thus, it confirms the resurgence of activity in the services sector in France since mid-2003. More precisely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011291667
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Does finance bolster superstar companies?
Popov, Alexander - 2009
We study the relative effect of venture capital and bank finance on large manufacturing firms in local U.S. markets. Theory predicts that with venture capital, the firm size distribution should become more stretched-out to the right, but it’s ambiguous on the effect of banks on large firms....
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Are universal banks better underwriters?
Focarelli, Dario; Marques-Ibanez, David; Pozzolo, … - 2011
It has often been argued during the recent credit crisis that commercial banks’ involvement in investment banking activities might have had an impact on the intensity of their underwriting standards. We turn to evidence from the period prior to the complete revocation of the Glass-Steagall Act...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640613
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Risk sharing through financial markets with endogenous enforcement of trades
Köppl, Thorsten V. - 2004
When people share risk in financial markets, intermediaries provide costly enforcement for most trades and, hence, are an integral part of financial marketsu0092 organization. We assess the degree of risk sharing that can be achieved through financial markets when enforcement is based on the...
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