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Testing for real interest rate convergence in European countries

Fountas, Stilianos
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1998-01
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Economics, Real interest parity, Cointegration with regime shifts
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Fountas, S. (1998). "Testing for real interest rate convergence in European countries" (Working Paper No. 024) Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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We use cointegration tests that determine endogenously the regime shift to test for bilateral short-term and long-term real interest rate convergence in the European Monetary System in the 1979-1993 period. The results of these tests provide strong evidence in favour of bilateral real interest rate convergence between Germany and several countries in our sample, particularly for long-term real interest rates. This result carries the important policy implication that in several European countries monetary policy has lost some of its effectiveness as a stabilisation policy tool.
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