We develop a macroeconomic framework where money is supplied against only few eligible securities in open market operations. The relationship between the policy rate, expected inflation and consumption growth is affected by money market conditions, i.e. the varying liquidity value of eligible...

This paper carries out an empirical investigation of the impact on bond spreads of the announcement, purchases and exit from the SNB's bond purchase program in 2009-2010. We find evidence in favor of a narrowing yield spread of covered bonds as a result of the program. The effect materialized in...

With short term interest rates bounded at zero, monetary policy has aimed at affecting the yield curve at the longer end during the recent years. As the recent literature has shown, the quantitative easing programs conducted by the Federal reserve have significantly lowered long-term yields....

Diese Dissertation besteht aus drei empirischen Analysen im Bereich der monetären Ökonomie. Jedes Kapitel liefert einen Beitrag zur Untersuchung, wie sich eine Veränderung der Liquidität auf die Wirtschaft auswirkt. Der erste Aufsatz untersucht die Korrelation zwischen Geld und Inflation....