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Unconventional monetary policy and inflation expectations in the euro area
Aßhoff, Sina; Belke, Ansgar; Osowski, Thomas - 2020
With the ECB's policy rate having reached the zero lower bound, traditional monetary policy tools became ineffective and the ECB was forced to adopt a set of unconventional monetary policy (UMP) measures. This paper examines the effects of the ECB’s UMP on inflation expectations in the Euro...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149519
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The importance of global shocks for national policy makers : rising challenges for central banks
Belke, Ansgar; Rees, Andreas - 2009
We analyze the importance of global shocks for the global economy and national policy makers. More specifically, we investigate whether monetary policy has become less effective in the wake of financial globalization. We also examine whether there is increasing uncertainty for central banks due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884937
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The importance of global shocks for national policymakers : rising challenges for central banks
Belke, Ansgar; Rees, Andreas - 2009
We analyze the importance of global shocks for the global economy and national policy makers. More specifically, we investigate whether monetary policy has become less effective in the wake of financial globalization. We also examine whether there is increasing uncertainty for central banks due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010207060
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The importance of global shocks for national policymakers : rising challenges for central banks
Belke, Ansgar; Rees, Andreas - 2009
We analyze the importance of global shocks for the global economy and national policy makers. More specifically, we investigate whether monetary policy has become less effective in the wake of financial globalization. We also examine whether there is increasing uncertainty for central banks due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879570
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Privatization in Austria : some theoretical reasons and performance measures
Belke, Ansgar; Schneider, Friedrich - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002147959
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Privatization in Austria : some theoretical reasons and performance measures
Belke, Ansgar; Schneider, Friedrich - 2004
privatization is useful as well as profitable for an economy and empirically present the extent of privatization in Austria and … other European Union countries. In order to assess the impact of privatization in Austria on economic performance, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009748284
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Privatization in Austria : some theoretical reasons and performance measures
Belke, Ansgar; Schneider, Friedrich - In: Privatization experiences in the European Union, (pp. 89-115). 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003374722
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The relevance of international spillovers and asymmetric effects in the Taylor rule
Beckmann, Joscha; Belke, Ansgar; Dreger, Christian - FIW - 2015
Deviations of policy interest rates from the levels implied by the Taylor rule have been persistent before the financial crisis and increased especially after the turn of the century. Compared to the Taylor benchmark, policy rates were often too low. This paper provides evidence that both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152603
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Exports and Capacity Constraints – A Smooth Transition Regression Model for Six Euro Area Countries
Belke, Ansgar; Oeking, Anne; Setzer, Ralph - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2013
rate as a relative price variable. However, such standard export equations have failed to explain the export performance of … vulnerable euro area crisis countries did not coincide with an appropriate improvement in price competitiveness. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860282
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The Transmission of Oil and Food Prices to Consumer Prices – Evidence for the MENA Countries
Belke, Ansgar; Dreger, Christian - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2013
This paper investigates the effects of global oil and food price shocks to consumer prices in Middle East-North African … (MENA) countries using threshold cointegration methods. Oil and food price shocks increase domestic prices in the long run … regulations the more pronounced are the asymmetries. Robustness checks show that international price shocks do not affect GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705759