We analyze the determinants and the long-run consequences of government interventions in the eurozone banking sector during the 2008/09 financial crisis. Using a novel and comprehensive dataset, we document that fiscally constrained governments "kicked the can down the road" by providing banks...

We analyze the determinants and the long-run consequences of government interventions in the eurozone banking sector during the 2008/09 financial crisis. Using a novel and comprehensive dataset, we document that fiscally constrained governments "kicked the can down the road" by providing banks...

We analyze the determinants and the long-run consequences of government interventions in the eurozone banking sector during the 2008/09 financial crisis. Using a novel and comprehensive dataset, we document that fiscally constrained governments “kicked the can down the road” by providing...

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) begründet ihr »Outright-Monetary-Trans­actions«-Programm (OMT-Programm) offiziell mit Störungen in der geldpolitischen Transmission, die sich darin zeigen, dass die Kreditzinsen für Unternehmen in den Krisenländern der Eurozone trotz der massiven...

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) begründet ihr »Outright-Monetary-Trans­actions«-Programm (OMT-Programm) offiziell mit Störungen in der geldpolitischen Transmission, die sich darin zeigen, dass die Kreditzinsen für Unternehmen in den Krisenländern der Eurozone trotz der massiven...

We derive counterfactual national interest rate paths for the 17 Euro Area countries for the period 1999 to 2012 to approximate the interest rates countries would have implemented had they still been able to conduct independent monetary policy. We find that prior to the financial crisis the...

This paper explores the potential effectiveness of the ECBś Outright Monetary Transaction (OMT) program in safeguarding an appropriate monetary policy transmission. Since the program aims at manipulating bank lending rates by conducting sovereign bond purchases on secondary markets, a stable...