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Did interest rates at the zero lower bound affect lending of commercial banks? : evidence for the euro area
Belke, Ansgar; Dreger, Christian - 2019
The paper examines the bank lending activities of banks in a low interest rate environment. External financing of small- and medium-sized enterprises in the euro area primarily takes place via bank loans and not through capital markets. Based on the Bankscope database, bank balance sheet data is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063954
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QE in the euro area : has the PSPP benefited peripheral bonds?
Belke, Ansgar; Gros, Daniel - 2019
The asset purchase programme of the euro area, active between 2015 and 2018, constitutes an interesting special case of Quantitative Easing (QE) because the ECB’s Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP) involved the purchase of peripheral euro area government bonds, which were clearly not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994801
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QE in the euro area : has the PSPP benefited peripheral bonds?
Belke, Ansgar; Gros, Daniel - 2019
The asset purchase program of the Euro area, active between 2015 and 2018, constitutes an interesting special case of Quantitative Easing (QE) because the ECB's (Public Sector Purchase Program) PSPP program involved the purchase of the bonds of peripheral Euro area governments, which were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012031124
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3-year LTROs : a first assessment of a non-standard policy measure
Belke, Ansgar - 2013
This paper provides a first preliminary assessment of the recent two 3-year long-term refinancing operations (3Y LTROs) conducted by the ECB by putting them into a broader context. The perspective taken is that prevailing in the first half of the year 2012, directly after the path-breaking ECB...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010255141
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Unconventional monetary policy and inflation expectations in the euro area
Aßhoff, Sina; Belke, Ansgar; Osowski, Thomas - 2020
Auswirkungen der unkonventionellen Geldpolitik ist nicht trivial, da standardisierte empirische Instrumente wie die VAR … Problem zu lösen. Wir stellen fest, dass die unkonventionelle Geldpolitik zwar kurzfristig zu einem Anstieg der … beigetragen hat. Dennoch deuten sie auf einen durch die unkonventionelle Geldpolitik ausgelösten Anstieg des mittelfristigen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149519
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Interest rate bands of inaction and play-hysteresis in domestic investment : evidence for the euro area
Belke, Ansgar; Frenzel Baudisch, Coletta; Göcke, Matthias - 2019
The interest rate represents an important monetary policy tool to steer investment in order to reach price stability. Therefore, implications of the exact form and magnitude of the interest rate-investment nexus for the European Central Bank’s effectiveness in a low interest rate environment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063971
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Interest rate bands of inaction and play-hysteresis in domestic investment : evidence for the Euro area
Belke, Ansgar; Frenzel Baudisch, Coletta; Göcke, Matthias - 2019
The interest rate represents an important monetary policy tool to steer investment in order to reach price stability. Therefore, implications of the exact form and magnitude of the interest rate-investment nexus for the European Central Bank's effectiveness in a low interest rate environment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099559
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Interest rate bands of inaction and play-hysteresis in domestic investment : evidence for the euro area
Belke, Ansgar; Frenzel Baudisch, Coletta; Göcke, Matthias - 2019
Zinsen auf Unternehmenskredite in 5 Ländern der Eurozone für den Zeitraum 2001Q1 bis 2018Q1. In den meisten Ländern finden … unterscheiden. Dies stellt eine Herausforderung für eine gemeinsame Geldpolitik dar. Hingegen verändert die Berücksichtigung von …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012034406
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Interest rate bands of inaction and play-hysteresis in domestic investment : evidence for the euro area
Belke, Ansgar; Frenzel Baudisch, Coletta; Göcke, Matthias - 2019
The interest rate represents an important monetary policy tool to steer investment in order to reach price stability. Therefore, implications of the exact form and magnitude of the interest rate-investment nexus for the European Central Bank's effectiveness in a low interest rate environment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151693
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Forecasting ECB policy rates with different monetary policy rules
Belke, Ansgar; Klose, Jens - 2019
This article compares two types of monetary policy rules - the Taylor-Rule and the Orphanides-Rule - with respect to their forecasting properties for the policy rates of the European Central Bank. In this respect the basic rules, results from estimated models and augmented rules are compared....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063951