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The Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Evidence and Implications for European Monetary Union

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  • Stilianos Fountas
  • Agapitos Papagapitos

    (Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway)

Abstract

We provide some evidence consistent with a heterogeneous credit channel of monetary policy transmission in the European Union. Using the techniques of cointegration and Error Correction Models, we have shown that the external finance premium is one important leading indicator of real economic activity in some EU countries, namely, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands. No evidence is found for Belgium, France, Germany and the UK. These findings imply that a common monetary policy implemented by the European Central Bank might be transmitted in different ways across the member countries of the monetary union, thus exacerbating existing regional disparities among the member countries.

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  • Stilianos Fountas & Agapitos Papagapitos, 1999. "The Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Evidence and Implications for European Monetary Union," Working Papers 35, National University of Ireland Galway, Department of Economics, revised 1999.
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    1. Cândida Ferreira, 2009. "European Integration and the Credit Channel Transmission of Monetary Policy," Working Papers Department of Economics 2009/07, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.
    2. Arnold Ivo J. M. & Vrugt Evert B., 2004. "Firm Size, Industry Mix and the Regional Transmission of Monetary Policy in Germany," German Economic Review, De Gruyter, vol. 5(1), pages 35-59, February.
    3. Riccardo Fiorentini & Roberto Tamborini, 2001. "The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Italy: The Credit Channel and a Missing Ring," Giornale degli Economisti, GDE (Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia), Bocconi University, vol. 60(1), pages 1-42, June.
    4. Adebayo Augustine Kutu & Harold Ngalawa, 2016. "Monetary Policy Shocks And Industrial Output In Brics Countries," SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business, SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business, University of Piraeus, vol. 66(3), pages 3-24, July-Sept.
    5. Cândida Ferreira, 2009. "The Credit Channel Transmission of Monetary Policy in the European Union," Working Papers Department of Economics 2009/08, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.

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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

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