The Transmission Mechanism of European Monetary Policy : Is There Heterogeneity? Is it Changing over Time? /

This paper investigates the transmission mechanism of monetary policy in the four largest euro area countries by means Bayesian estimation of dynamic econometric models. Based on pre-EMU evidence from Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, we show that: (i) there are differences in the timing of the eff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ciccarelli, Matteo
Other Authors: Rebucci, Alessandro
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/054
Online Access:Full text available on IMF