Prior to May 1, 2016, the supply of loan intermediary services and many other services in China was subject to tax under a turnover tax regime known as the Business Tax. As a turnover tax, the system had a tax cascading effect, with suppliers unable to recognize input taxes incurred on...

This paper looks at the macroeconomic impact of the two policies proposed by ECB Banking Supervision to tackle the high share of non-performing loans (NPLs) on the balance sheets of euro area banks. The first is the coverage expectations for new NPLs set out in the Addendum to the ECB's NPL...

Applying the identification strategy employed by Driscoll (2004) for the United States, this paper provides empirical evidence for the existence of a bank lending channel of monetary policy transmission in the euro area. In addition, and in contrast to recent findings for the US, we find that in...

Mit einer extremen Niedrigzinspolitik, die mit negativen Einlagesätzen einhergeht, versucht die EZB, die Kreditvergabe im Euroraum zu stimulieren. Dieser Beitrag diskutiert, welchen Einfluss Veränderungen des Einlagesatzes der EZB auf die Bankenkreditvergabe haben. Es wird argumentiert, dass...