This paper studies the monetary transmission mechanism in the U.S. It proposes a mixed-frequency version of the factor-augmented vector autoregressive regression (FAVAR) model, which is used to construct a coincident index to measure the monetary transmission mechanism. The model divides the transmission of changes in monetary policy to the economy into three stages according to the timing and ...

This paper examines how alternative views of the monetary transmission mechanism affect the choice of a monetary policy rule. The main finding is that many different structural models indicate that the same simple monetary policy rule—one in which the central bank’s target short-term interest rate reacts to inflation and to real output—would perform well. Such rules work well even in models whe...

This paper examines various transmission mechanism channels on economic growth in Malaysia over the quarterly period 1980:1-2004:4 using bounds testing approach. The bounds test reveals evidence of cointegration between the real GDP and the real exchange rate and share prices that address the exchange rate and asset price channels as the key transmission mechanisms in the conduct of the monetar...

This paper analyzes the transmission mechanisms of a contractionary monetary policy shock on the real economy. The sufficiently long regime uniform time period since the political transformation in the Czech Republic provides evidence for effective inflation targeting by the Czech National Bank. I apply a recursive vector autoregression (VAR), a structural VAR, and structural vector error corre...

This paper examines the effect of financial frictions on the strength of the monetary transmission mechanism. Credit channel theory implies that the transmission mechanism of monetary policy should be stronger in countries with high levels of financial frictions, all else equal. The intuition is that in these countries, external finance premiums are more sensitive to firms’ financial leverage. ...

Emissions trading mechanisms have been proposed, and in some cases implemented, as a tool to reduce pollution. We argue that emission-trading mechanisms share some similarities with monetary mechanisms. Both attempt to implement desirable allocations under various frictions, including risk and private information. In addition, implementation relies on the issue and trading of objects whose valu...

In periods of distress, observed and perceived income risk tends to rise. Does this heightened affect monetary transmission? This paper first shows that in partial equilibrium, dampens the substitution effect interest rate changes but amplifies indirect wage changes. The effects are sizable equilibrium. An increase consistent with during recessions affects responses by around one-third. However...