The linkage between monetary policy decisions and stock market performance is an important topic. Having reliable estimates of the reaction of asset prices to the policy instrument helps understanding and assessing the stock market channel for monetary policy transmission. The availability of...

This paper investigates whether or not there are differential effects of monetary policy across bank characteristics in some selected MENA countries namely Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia, to test for the presence of the bank lending channel (BLC). It uses a panel of micro bank balance sheet...