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Book SynopsisDue to financial market imperfections it is imperative to analyse the relationship between financial structure and the monetary policy transmission process in Europe to effectively design and implement European monetary policy.
Focusing on the years 1980-1995 and providing empirical evidence for six European countries, namely Germany, France, Italy, the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands, the author discusses whether cross-country variations in financial structure have a systematic relationship with inter-country differences in the monetary transmission process. The analysis of this is invaluable as differences in financial structures across EMU countries may hamper the implementation of a common European monetary policy in the future. The conclusion is that some elements of the financial structure are clearly relevant and applicable for European monetary policy and the monetary transmission process in particular.
This highly topical book will be of great interest to academics and professional economists in the field of financial, macro and monetary economics and the economics of European integration.
Trade Review'I can fully recommend this book to those interested in the transmission process of monetary policy.' -- Harry Garretsen, De Economist
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Financial Structure: Theories and Stylized Facts for Six EU Countries 2. Credit and Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy in Six EU Countries: An Overview 3. Off-Balance-Sheet Activities in Europe: Empirical Evidence from Bank-Level Panel Data 4. Banks and Monetary Transmission in Europe: Empirical Evidence 5. Credit Channels in Europe: A Cross-Country Investigation 6. Consumption and External Finance Premium in Europe: An Empirical Analysis 7. Summary and Conclusions Bibliography Index
