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Gli effetti di asimmetrie strutturali nella domanda aggregata per la politica monetaria della BCE

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This paper analyses the effects of structural asymmetries in aggregate demand on the monetary policy of the ECB utilising a two-country, rational expectations model. The characteristics of the optimal monetary policy depend on the preferences of the Governing Council's members: "national" interests tend to coincide with those of the area as a whole only if the economies are identical or there is perfect substitutability among goods. If the countries that make up the union have different financial structures or different levels of openness to international trade, then the benefits of an active monetary policy, which responds to information from financial indicators, are very high. In fact, in the presence of structural asymmetries, the optimal monetary policy is influenced not only by the nature of the shock but also by its provenience since its propagation within the union depends upon the characteristics of the country that has been hit by the stochastic shock.

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  • Leonardo Gambacorta, 2001. "Gli effetti di asimmetrie strutturali nella domanda aggregata per la politica monetaria della BCE," Economia politica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 2, pages 217-248.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:jb33yl:doi:10.1428/2006:y:2001:i:2:p:217-248
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    1. Gambacorta, Leonardo, 2003. "Asymmetric bank lending channels and ECB monetary policy," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 25-46, January.
    2. Paolo Chiades & Leonardo Gambacorta, 2004. "The Bernanke and Blinder Model in an Open Economy: The Italian Case," German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 5(1), pages 1-34, February.

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