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The failure of ECB monetary policy from a Mises-Hayek perspective
Schnabl, Gunther - 2017
The paper analyses the common European monetary policy based on a Mises-Hayek overinvestment framework, which is combined with the theory of optimum currency areas. It shows how since the turn of the millennium a too expansionary monetary policy contributed to unsustainable overinvestment booms...
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Can central banks do the unpleasant job that governments should do?
Dimakopoulou, Vasiliki; Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; … - 2023
We investigate what happens when the fiscal authorities do not react to rising public debt so that the unpleasant task of fiscal sustainability falls upon the Central Bank (CB). In particular, we explore whether the CB's bond purchases in the secondary market can restore stability and...
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The ECB's policy, the recovery fund and the importance of trust : the case of Greece
Dimakopoulou, Vasiliki; Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; … - 2021
This paper, using a microfounded macroeconomic model that embeds the key features of the Greek economy, studies the efficacy of the various policy measures taken, at national and EU level, to cushion the economic effects of the pandemic shock. The paper attempts to give quantitative answers to...
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Central bank swaps then and now : swaps and dollar liquidity in the 1960s
McCauley, Robert N.; Schenk, Catherine R. - 2020
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Central bank swap lines
Bahaj, Saleem; Reis, Ricardo - 2018 - First draft: October 2017
Swap lines between advanced-economy central banks are a new important part of the global financial architecture. This paper analyses their monetary policy effects from three perspectives. First, from the perspective of the central banks, it shows that the swap line mimics discount-window credit...
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Limits of monetary policy autonomy by East Asian debtor central banks
Löffler, Axel; Schnabl, Gunther; Schobert, Franziska - 2012
thereby increase surplus liquidity. East Asian central banks with more flexible exchange rate regimes also face surplus … liquidity that mainly emanates from past accumulation of foreign reserves. We show based on an augmented Barro …-Gordon-type central bank loss function that in both cases surplus liquidity limits monetary policy autonomy. In case of fixed exchange …
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Why do we need both liquidity regulations and a lender of last resort? : a perspective from Federal Reserve lending during the 2007-09 US financial crisis
Carlson, Mark; Duygan-Bump, Burcu; Nelson, William R. - 2015
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Central banking in challenging times
Borio, Claudio E. V. - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168844
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The ECB's fiscal policy
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2018
While the ECB helped mitigate the euro crisis in the aftermath of Lehman, it has stretched its monetary mandate and moved into fiscal territory. This text describes and summarises the crucial role played by the ECB in the intervention spiral resulting from its bid to manage the crisis. It also...
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