INCOME INEQUALITY AS LONG-TERM CONDITIONING FACTOR OF MONETARY TRANSMISSION TO BANK INTEREST RATES IN EA COUNTRIES

INCOME INEQUALITY AS LONG-TERM CONDITIONING FACTOR OF MONETARY TRANSMISSION TO BANK INTEREST RATES IN EA COUNTRIES

Autor: Ing. Boris Fišera PhD.
Tomas Domonkos
Maria Siranova
Typ: IES Working Papers
Rok: 2021
Číslo: 15
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Publikováno v: IES Working Papers 15/2021
Místo vydání: Prague
Klíčová slova: interest-rate pass-through, interacted PMG, income inequality, standard monetary policy, unconventional monetary policy
JEL kódy: D31, E21, E52, E58
Citace: Domonkos T., Fisera B. and Siranova M. (2021): “Income Inequality as Long-term Conditioning Factor of Monetary Transmission to Bank Interest Rates in EA Countries” IES Working Papers 15/2021. IES FSV. Charles University.
Abstrakt: In this paper we investigate the effect of income inequality on the transmission of standard and unconventional monetary policy shocks to bank loan rates. We hypothesize that income inequality might encapsulate important characteristics of credit market demand. We use an interacted panel error correction model to examine a set of EA countries over the years 2008-2016. Our findings suggest that higher income inequality hinders the transmission of standard monetary policy to consumer loans and limits the use of unconventional monetary policy in the housing loans segment. Conversely, more unequal societies are characterized by stronger monetary transmission in the small firm loans segment.
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