This paper assesses the role of the housing market in the transmission of conventional and unconventional monetary policy across euro area regions. By exploiting a novel regional dataset on housing-related variables, a structural panel VAR analysis shows that monetary policy propagates...

Economic development of countries, regions or entities operating on the market is possible when favourable economic conditions outweigh adverse conditions. Examining the development of European economy, it is possible to observe this regularity in the majority of periods, i.e. the bull market...

Against the background of recent house price increases in several European countries, the OeNB organized a workshop entitled "Are House Prices Endangering Financial Stability? If So, How Can We Counteract This?" It was held in Vienna on October 9 and 10, 2014. The workshop contributions...