the actions of the central bank and the real economy.That is, the monetary transmission mechanism of thecountries in the … euro area will change, making the job ofthe new European Central Bank even more difficult thanit is already. But how …

Canada is jointly determined and announcedby both the government and the central bank.[...] …

and central bank conservatism on economic performance. Several striking conclusions emerge. In relatively centralized … of central bank conservatism. A radical-populist central banker who cares not at all about inflation (alternatively, who …

The paper uses bank- and instrument-level data on asset holdings and liabilities to identify and estimate a general … equilibrium model of trade in financial instruments. Bilateral ties are formed as each bank selects the size and the … lead to less amplification of partial equilibrium shocks, (ii) the influence of a bank's equity is independent of the size …

controlling for bank specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank profitability. Bank profitability is proxied by return on … significant negative effect on bank profitability only in the long run. Generally, the explanatory variables used in the study … have short run and long run effects on bank profitability, although the impact is not uniform across the different measures …