The notes in this compilation analyse the potential side effects of the ECB expanded asset purchase programme (Quantitative Easing or QE) by focusing on the channels through which monetary policy may affect the distribution of income and wealth, e.g by favouring financial rather than labour...

This paper examines the contemporaneous relationship between the exchange rate regime and structural economic reforms over a period of 30 years. Using panel data techniques, we look at both a broad 'world sample' and an OECD country sample. We investigate empirically whether structural reforms...