Im folgenden soll versucht werden, empirische Evidenz zum Transmissionsmechanismus mit Hilfe monetärer Schocks zu generieren. Die quantitativen Auswirkungen der monetären Impulse werden mit Hilfe von Impuls-Antwort-Funktionen beschrieben, wobei die Impuls- Antwort-Funktionen auf einem VAR...

Macro-stress testing studies often rely on rather short sample periods due to the limited availability of banking data. They may fail to appropriately account for the cyclicality in the interaction between the banking system and macroeconomic developments. In this paper we use a newly...

This paper analyzes the factors underlying the weakness of the euro. For this purpose, the framework advocated by Clarida and Gali (1994) is used. Within this model, three structural shocks drive the dynamics of the endogenous variables: aggregate supply shocks, aggregate spending shocks, and...