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I use a Bayesian vector autoregressive (VAR) model to investigate the impact of monetary and technology shocks on the … euro area stock market in 1987-2005. I find an important role for technology shocks, but not monetary shocks, in explaining … variations in real stock prices. The identification method is flexible enough to study the effects of technology news shocks. The …
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Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) of southern euro-area economies (e.g. Italy, Spain) pay significantly higher borrowing rates than their peers of the core (e.g. Germany, France) and this divergence is widening. It is argued that severe market failures prevent SMEs in southern euro area...
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The monetary transmission mechanism in the euro area has been adversely affected by the recent crises. Using survey data on thousands of euro area firms, we study factors that affect the access to finance of SMEs. We find that changes in bank funding costs and borrower leverage matter for firms'...
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