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External financing and economic activity in the euro area : why are bank loans special?

Aldasoro, Iñaki; Unger, Robert - 2017

Using a Bayesian vector autoregression (BVAR) identified with a mix of sign and zero restrictions, we show that a restrictive bank loan supply shock has a strong and persistent negative impact on real GDP and the GDP deflator. This result comes about even though flows of other sources of...

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The impact of monetary instruments on shock absorption in EU-countries

Müller, Claudia; Buscher, Herbert S. - 1999

The main characteristic of the implementation of the European Monetary Union (EMU) is the transition from various … operate European-wide with the start of EMU. In addition to a unique interest rate policy inside EMU, there will be no longer … the burden of macroeconomic adjustment. EMU supporters and sceptics give these aspects different values: while supporters …

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Keeping Up with the Joneses and the Welfare Effects of Monetary Policy

Tervala, Juha - 2011

This paper examines the implications of "keeping up with the Joneses" preferences (jealousy) for the welfare effects of monetary policy. I develop a New Keynesian model, where households are jealous and the central bank follows the Taylor rule. I show that the welfare effects of monetary policy...

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Does banknote quality affect counterfeit detection? : experimental evidence from Germany and the Netherlands

Horst, Frank van der; Eschelbach, Martina; Sieber, Susann; … - 2016

Counterfeit prevention is a major task for central banks, as it helps to maintain public confidence in the currency. It is often maintained that a high quality of the banknotes in circulation helps the public detect counterfeits. However, there has not been any scientific evidence in support of...

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Traditional banks, shadow banks and the US credit boom : credit origination versus financing

Unger, Robert - 2016

The US credit boom has been identified as one of the causes of the global financial crisis and the resulting debt overhang is seen as the primary reason for the weak economic recovery. Most of the existing literature links the credit boom to the emergence of the shadow banking system. This paper...

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Employment, hours and optimal monetary policy

Dossche, Maarten; Lewis, Vivien; Poilly, Céline - 2015

We characterize optimal monetary policy in a New Keynesian search-and-matching model where multiple-worker firms satisfy demand in the short run by adjusting hours per worker. Imperfect product market competition and search frictions reduce steady state hours per worker below the efficient...

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Labor productivity, effort and the euro area business cycle

Lewis, Vivien; Villa, Stefania; Wolters, Maik H. - 2019

The Euro Area is characterized by little variation in unemployment and strongly procyclical labor productivity. We capture both characteristics in a New Keynesian business cycle model with labor search frictions, where labor can vary along three margins: employment, hours, and eﬀort. We...

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The global credit boom : challenges for macroeconomics and policy

Hume, Michael; Sentance, Andrew - 2009

The recent financial crisis has put the spotlight on the rapid rise in credit which preceded it. In this paper, we provide an empirical and theoretical analysis of the credit boom and the macroeconomic context in which it developed. We find that the boom was unusually long and associated with...

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Labor adjustment and productivity in the OECD

Dossche, Maarten; Gazzani, Andrea; Lewis, Vivien - 2021

Labor productivity is more procyclical in OECD countries with lower employment volatility. To capture this new stylized fact, we propose a business cycle model with employment adjustment costs, variable hours and labor effort. We show that, in our model with variable effort, greater labor market...

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Emotion in euro area monetary policy communication and bond yields : the Draghi era

Kanelis, Dimitrios; Siklos, Pierre L. - 2025

data to precisely analyze how the vocal emo- tions and language of ECB President Mario Draghi affect the yields and yield …

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