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Firm Size and Monetary Policy Transmission - Evidence from German Business Survey Data

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Ehrmann, M.

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Using business survey data on German manufacturing firms, this paper provides tests for hypotheses that predict distributrional effects in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy. Effects of monetary policy shocks on the business conditions of firms of several size classes are analysed, with the finding of considerable asymmetry.

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Paper provided by European University Institute in its series Economics Working Papers with number eco2000/12.

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Date of creation: 2000
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Keywords: TESTS ; CAPITAL MARKET ; MONETARY POLICY;

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E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions

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