The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the Euro Area: More Evidence from VAR Analysis (Mtn Conference Paper)

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Gert Peersman

Ghent University - Department of Financial Economics

Frank Smets

European Central Bank (ECB); Ghent University - Department of General Economics

Date Written: December 2001

Abstract

This paper applies the identified VAR methodology to synthetic euro area data from 1980 till 1998 to study the macro-economic effects of an unexpected change in monetary policy in the euro area. The focus is on the area-wide monetary transmission. It is shown that the overall macro-economic effects of a monetary policy shock in the euro area are very similar to those estimated for the United States and are surprisingly stable over time. In addition, the paper contains a number of robustness checks with alternative identification schemes and examines how various real and financial variables (such as the GDP or money components) respond to an area-wide monetary policy impulse.

Keywords: Monetary transmission mechanism, vector autoregressions

JEL Classification: E52

Suggested Citation

Peersman, Gert and Smets, Frank, The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the Euro Area: More Evidence from VAR Analysis (Mtn Conference Paper) (December 2001). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=356269 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.356269

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Frank Smets

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Ghent University - Department of General Economics ( email )

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