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The interplay between money market development and changes in monetary policy operations in small European countries, 1980-2000

Forssbaeck, Jens LU and Oxelheim, Lars LU (2006) In Working Paper no. 669
Abstract
We study the interplay between money market development and changes in monetary policy operating procedures in 11 European countries from c. 1980 up to the launch of EMU. Aspects of money market development such as the size and structure of different market segments, and institutional and regulatory changes, are addressed. We recount and empirically examine the extent of reorientation of monetary policy instruments away from quantitative direct control instruments toward indirect market-based instruments. The process of financial deregulation is uniform across the countries. The path of money market development varies substantially, whereas changes in central bank instruments show both similarities and differences. We hypothesise a... (More)
We study the interplay between money market development and changes in monetary policy operating procedures in 11 European countries from c. 1980 up to the launch of EMU. Aspects of money market development such as the size and structure of different market segments, and institutional and regulatory changes, are addressed. We recount and empirically examine the extent of reorientation of monetary policy instruments away from quantitative direct control instruments toward indirect market-based instruments. The process of financial deregulation is uniform across the countries. The path of money market development varies substantially, whereas changes in central bank instruments show both similarities and differences. We hypothesise a relationship between the two processes and provide tentative evidence. (Less)
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  author       = {{Forssbaeck, Jens and Oxelheim, Lars}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
  number       = {{669}},
  publisher    = {{Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm}},
  series       = {{Working Paper no. 669}},
  title        = {{The interplay between money market development and changes in monetary policy operations in small European countries, 1980-2000}},
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  year         = {{2006}},
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