This paper investigates in a consistent semi-structural empirical framework three current issues of monetary policy in the euro area. First, regarding policy transmission we offer a three-stage procedure to combine the efficient estimation of economic structure prior to EMU with current ECB...

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of anticipated monetary and fis- cal policies in a large monetary union, which is characterized by asym- metric interest rate transmission. We explicitly solve the asymmetric three-country model using the decomposition methods of Aoki (1981) and Fukuda...

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of anticipated and unanticipated oil price increases in a small two-country monetary union, which is simultaneously characterized by asymmetric wage adjustments and asymmetric interest rate sensitivities of private absorption. It is shown that both types...

Mit dem diesjährigen Nobelpreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften wurde Robert A. Mundell „für seine Analyse der Geld- und Fiskalpolitik in verschiedenen Wechselkurssystemen und für seine Analyse optimaler Währungsgebiete" ausgezeichnet. Die zugrundeliegenden Arbeiten wurden bereits in der...