Convergence in euro-zone retail banking? What interest rate pass-through tells us about monetary policy transmission, competition and integration

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 461-492

  Sander, Harald ^a,b   Kleimeier, Stefanie ^b  

^a Campus Deutz   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymmetric adjustment; Banking structure; Cointegration analysis; Competition in banking; European banking; European financial integration; European Monetary Union; Interest rates; Monetary policy; Structural breaks; Threshold cointegration

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842449711     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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