A Peek Inside the Black Box : The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Japan /

This paper uses vector autoregressions to examine the monetary transmission mechanism in Japan. The empirical results indicate that both monetary policy and banks' balance sheets are important sources of shocks, that banks play a crucial role in transmitting monetary shocks to economic activity...

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Auteur principal: Bayoumi, Tamim
Autres auteurs: Morsink, James
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/137
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF