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This study assesses the European Central Bank’s (ECB) crisis management performance and potential for crisis resolution …. The study investigates the institutional and functional constraints that delineate the ECB’s scope for policy action under … that the ECB may well stand out positively when compared to other important euro-area or national authorities involved in …
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In this paper, we analyze the relationship between certain characteristics of incumbent central bank governors and their interest-rate-setting behavior. We focus on (i) occupational backgrounds, (ii) party affiliation, and (iii) experience in office and estimate augmented Taylor rules for 20...
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This paper analyses the forecasting performance of monetary policy reaction functions using U.S. Federal Reserve's Greenbook real-time data. The results indicate that artificial neural networks are able to predict the nominal interest rate better than linear and nonlinearTaylor rule models as...
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The paper presents evidence that the simultaneous relationship between uncovered interest rate parity (UIP) and a monetary policy function can explain the empirical failure of the former. Using the model proposed by McCallum (1994), we carry out tests for a sample of developed and emerging...
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This paper analyses the forecasting performance of monetary policy reaction functions using U.S. Federal Reserve's Greenbook real-time data. The results indicate that artificial neural networks are able to predict the nominal interest rate better than linear and nonlinearTaylor rule models as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254878
Overall, the ECB managed monetary policy quite satisfactory in the first phase of EMU. Nevertheless, this paper asks …/2001. With a specific Taylor rule one can very well understand, how the ECB sets interest rates, but it turns out that monetary …
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turnaround in monetary policy pursuits and a rapid rise in reference interest rates. The FED reacted much faster than the ECB and …
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Overall, the ECB managed monetary policy quite satisfactory in the first phase of EMU. Nevertheless, this paper asks …/2001. With a specific Taylor rule one can very well understand, how the ECB sets interest rates, but it turns out that monetary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435104
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) depends on institutions and preferences. We then use the calibrated model to analyse how EMU …
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simple interest rate rule is employed to interpret ECB policy since 1999. An evaluation of alternative policy rules across 11 … growth as the one used to interpret ECB policy is quite robust as long as it responds to current outcomes of these variables. …
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