This paper uses time-series techniques to examine whether monetary policy has similar effects across U.S. states during the 1958-92 period. Impulse response functions from estimated structural vector autoregression models reveal differences in state policy responses, which in some cases are...

Do the proportion of interest-sensitive industries, the number of small firms, and the concentration of small banks determine how monetary policy influences state economies? In this article, Jerry Carlino and Bob DeFina extend to the state level their earlier study that looked at these factors...

Do monetary policy actions have a uniform national effect? Or do the separate, but interdependent, regions of the country respond differently to changes in policy? In this article, Jerry Carlino and Bob DeFina demonstrate that monetary policy does have differential effects across regions. They...