Since central banks have limited information concerning the transmission channel of monetary policy, they are faced with the difficult task of simultaneously controlling the policy target and estimating the impact of policy actions. A tradeoff between estimation and control arises because policy...

We analyze the term structure of illiquidity premiums as the difference between the yield curves of two major bond segments that are both government guaranteed but differ in their liquidity. We show that its characteristics strongly depend on the economic situation. In crisis times, illiquidity...

Modellierung von Liquidität -- Dynamisches Gleichgewichtsmodell zur Bestimmung von Liquiditätsspreads in illiquiden Anleihemärkten -- Eigenschaften des Liquiditätsspreads -- Empirische Untersuchung von Liquiditätsspreads -- Fazit und Ausblick.