This paper explores the role of nominal rate of return uncertainty, and inflation hedging as factors explaining the pattern of money de mand. Using U.S. quarterly data over the period 1952II-1982IV, it is shown that in conformity with theoretical considerations the nominal rate of...

Abstract In this paper we examine how Finnish municipalities’ expenditures depend on the demographic structure of the population. More precisely, we scrutinize the role of foreign citizens: how does the share of citizens with foreign background out of the total population manifest itself in...

In this paper, we examine how professional forecasters' expectations and expectation uncertainty have reacted to the ECB's interest rate decisions and non-conventional monetary policy measures during the period 1999-2017. The analysis makes use of a conventional dif-in-dif type set up with...

Using the Eurosystem's proprietary interbank loan data from more than one thousand banks, practically all major banks in Europe for 2008-2016, we show that larger European banks have had a lower cost of overnight borrowing than smaller banks. The size premium remains significant after...