This paper examines how the preferences of a large economy's central bank affect the trade-off between output and inflation volatility faced by the central bank of a small open economy by analysing the impact of a global cost-push shock. We demonstrate that under the assumption of producer...

We study the impact of the ECB's large scale asset purchase programme on selected euro area and neighbouring countries. The effects of the programme are assessed by conducting an event study as well as by estimating a structural VAR model using a shadow short rate as a measure of the monetary...

A stochastic general equilibrium model is set up in order to analyse whether automatic stabilizers are a good tool in terms of mitigating risk. It is found that the potential benefits to be derived from automatic stabilizers depend on various factors including the degree of real wage rigidity...

This paper examines how the preferences of a large economy's central bank affect the trade-off between output and inflation volatility faced by the central bank of a small open economy by analysing the impact of a global cost-push shock. We demonstrate that under the assumption of producer...