The ECB's one size monetary policy is unlikely to fit all euro area members, which raises a discussion about how much monetary policy stress this causes at the national level. We measure monetary policy stress as the difference between actual ECB interest rates and Taylor-rule implied optimal...

Deviations of policy interest rates from the levels implied by the Taylor rule have been persistent after the turn of the century even before the financial crisis. These deviations could be due to lower real interest rates, as stated by the savings glut hypothesis as well as the apparent success...

This paper uses panel vector autoregressive models and simulations of an estimated DSGE model to explore the reaction of Euro area banks to the global financial crisis. We focus on their interest rate setting behavior in response to standard macroeconomic shocks. Our main empirical finding is...

Der Einsatz von Informations- und (Tele-)Kommunikationssystemen für die Wirtschaft ist durch den rapiden technologischen Fortschritt zu Beginn des 3. Jahrtausends zur allgegenwärtigen Erscheinung geworden. Unter Schlagworten wie e(lectronic)-, m(obile)-, u(biquitious)-Computing/Commerce werden...