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Maximum sustainable government debt in the overlapping generations model (1999)

Rankin, Neil, Roffia, Barbara

The theoretical determinants of maximum sustainable government debt are investigated using Diamond’s overlapping-generations model. A level of debt is defined to be ‘sustainable’ if a steady...

Estimating the trend of M3 income velocity underlying the reference value for monetary growth

Claus Brand, Dieter Gerdesmeier, Barbara Roffia

This paper documents the analytical work that was carried out for the 2001 review of the assumption for the trend in M3 income velocity used to calculate the reference value for M3 growth. We analyse...

Empirical Estimates of Reaction Functions for the Euro Area

Dieter Gerdesmeier, Barbara Roffia

This study contains a set of estimates of reaction functions for the euro area based on a monthly data set starting in 1985. The main aim is to assess the performance of Taylor rules and to evaluate...

The Eurosystem, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and the Bank of Japan: Similarities and Differences

DIETER GERDESMEIER, FRANCESCO PAOLO MONGELLI, BARBARA ROFFIA

The paper provides a systematic comparison of the Eurosystem, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and the Bank of Japan. These monetary authorities exhibit somewhat different status and tasks, which reflect...

Excess money growth and inflation dynamics

Barbara Roffia, Andrea Zaghini

The paper analyzes the short-run impact of periods of strong monetary growth on inflation dynamics for 15 industrialized economies. We find that when robust money growth is accompanied by large...

Maximum Sustainable Government Debt in the Overlapping Generations Model

Neil Rankin, Barbara Roffia

The theoretical determinants of maximum sustainable government debt are investigated using Diamond's overlapping generations model. A level of debt is defined to be 'sustainable' if a steady state...

A comprehensive model on the Euro overnight rate.

Barbara Roffia, Dieter Gerdesmeier

This paper contains a set of estimates of reaction functions for the euro area based on a monthly data set starting in 1985. The main aim is to assess the performance of Taylor rules and to evaluate...

Excess Money Growth and Inflation Dynamics*

Barbara Roffia, Andrea Zaghini

This paper analyses the short-run impact of periods of strong monetary growth on inflation dynamics for 15 industrialized economies. We find that when robust money growth is accompanied by large...

Monetary policy rules in the pre-EMU era - Is there a common rule?

Maria Eleftheriou, Dieter Gerdesmeier, Barbara Roffia

Despite the great importance and final success of the convergence process that led to the establishment of the European Monetary Union, there is no clear agreement regarding the monetary policy...

Long-run money demand in the new EU Member States with exchange rate effects.

Christian Dreger, Hans-Eggert Reimers, Barbara Roffia

Generally speaking, money demand models represent a natural benchmark against which monetary developments can be assessed. In particular, the existence of a well-specified and stable relationship...

The Eurosystem, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan - similarities and differences

Dieter Gerdesmeier, Francesco Paolo Mongelli, Barbara Roffia

The paper provides a systematic comparison of the Eurosystem, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. These monetary authorities exhibit somewhat different status and tasks, which reflect...

Excess money growth and inflation dynamics

Barbara Roffia, Andrea Zaghini

The paper analyses the short-run impact of periods of strong monetary growth on inflation dynamics for 15 industrialised economies. We find that, over a 3-year horizon, the positive link between...

Long-Run Money Demand in the New EU Member States with Exchange Rate Effects

Christian Dreger, Hans-Eggert Reimers, Barbara Roffia

Within a wide range of other economic and financial indicators, money is highly relevant to the two-pillar monetary strategy of the European Central Bank for detecting risks to price stability over...

Maximum Sustainable Government Debt in the Overlapping Generations Model

Rankin, Neil, Roffia, Barbara

The theoretical determinants of maximum sustainable government debt are investigated using Diamond's overlapping-generations model. A level of debt is defined to be 'sustainable' if a steady state...

Taylor rules for the euro area : the issue of real-time data

Gerdesmeier, Dieter, Roffia, Barbara

Recently, a number of studies have made an attempt to deal with the key issue of the incompleteness of information available to the central bank when taking its monetary policy decisions. This study...

Euro area money demand and international portfolio allocation - a contribution to assessing risks to price stability

Carlo A. Favero, Barbara Roffia

The long-run relationship between money and prices in the euro area embedded in traditional money demand models with income and interest rates broke down after 2001. We develop a money demand model...

Asset price misalignments and the role of money and credit.

Dieter Gerdesmeier, Barbara Roffia, Hans-Eggert Reimers

This paper contributes to the literature on the properties of money and credit indicators for detecting asset price misalignments. After a review of the evidence in the literature on this issue, the...

Asset price misalignments and the role of money and credit.

Dieter Gerdesmeier, Barbara Roffia, Hans-Eggert Reimers

This paper contributes to the literature on the properties of money and credit indicators for detecting asset price misalignments. After a review of the evidence in the literature on this issue, the...

The relevance of real-time data in estimating reaction functions for the Euro area

Gerdesmeier, Dieter, Roffia, Barbara

This paper tackles the issue of the incompleteness of information available to the central bank when taking its monetary policy decisions. It is focused on euro area data and based on the simplistic...

Monetary analysis: a VAR perspective

Gerdesmeier, Dieter, Roffia, Barbara

The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamic relationships between some key variables for the euro area by means of a systems approach (i.e. so-called Vector Autoregression) and to...