This paper models the relationship between short-term rates and excess reserves in an interest rate corridor as a logistic function estimated for the Eurosystem. The estimate helps to identify conditions in which short-term rates become unanchored, that is, they move away from the policy rates...

Based on the experience of the Bank of Albania, the paper proposes a framework toestimate the interest rate lower bound in small, open, and euroized economies. The paperintroduces a stylized monitoring tool to assess the unintended consequences of low policyrates. The paper is the first attempt...

This paper proposes a methodology to develop empirically based and theoreticallyconsistent deeuroization policies. It is derived from the experience of Albania. The paperis the first attempt to provide an empirical measure of the optimal level of euroization.The results indicate that euroization...