Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24197 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 06-005
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
The paper empirically investigates the monetary transmission mechanism in the Baltic States. The analysis of the transmission channels through which monetary policy shocks are transmitted is particularly important for the European Central Bank that makes monetary policy in an enlarged European Monetary Union. The paper focuses on the bank lending channel of monetary transmission due to the importance of banks in the financial system of the Baltic countries. The existence of this transmission channel is tested by using a panel structural approach that distinguishes banks according to size, capitalization, liquidity and ownership structure. The results indicate that a bank lending channel is present in the Baltic States and mainly caused by differences in liquidity.
Subjects: 
Monetary Transmission
Bank Lending Channel
Transition Countries
JEL: 
E43
G21
E44
G15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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