National macroprudential policies in the Euro Area: flexibility vs. supervision

In this paper, I shed some light on a much discussed topic in the policy debate: Should national macroprudential policies be supervised by a supranational entity in a monetary union? To do so, I develop a two-country DSGE monetary union model, which I calibrate to the core and periphery regions of t...

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Main Author: Rubio, Margarita
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description In this paper, I shed some light on a much discussed topic in the policy debate: Should national macroprudential policies be supervised by a supranational entity in a monetary union? To do so, I develop a two-country DSGE monetary union model, which I calibrate to the core and periphery regions of the euro area. Monetary policy is set by the ECB, while macroprudential policies, based on the loan-to-value ratio (LTV), are set nationally. Results show that, given that the economy in the periphery is more leveraged, macroprudential policies need to be more aggressive in that region. I also find that, when LTV policies are set independently in a non-coordinated manner by each authority, albeit being beneficial for both countries and for the union as a whole, welfare gains are not as high as when they are coordinated and supervised by a separate body.
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spelling nottingham-520492020-05-04T19:49:33Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52049/ National macroprudential policies in the Euro Area: flexibility vs. supervision Rubio, Margarita In this paper, I shed some light on a much discussed topic in the policy debate: Should national macroprudential policies be supervised by a supranational entity in a monetary union? To do so, I develop a two-country DSGE monetary union model, which I calibrate to the core and periphery regions of the euro area. Monetary policy is set by the ECB, while macroprudential policies, based on the loan-to-value ratio (LTV), are set nationally. Results show that, given that the economy in the periphery is more leveraged, macroprudential policies need to be more aggressive in that region. I also find that, when LTV policies are set independently in a non-coordinated manner by each authority, albeit being beneficial for both countries and for the union as a whole, welfare gains are not as high as when they are coordinated and supervised by a separate body. Elsevier 2018-09-30 Article PeerReviewed Rubio, Margarita (2018) National macroprudential policies in the Euro Area: flexibility vs. supervision. Economics Letters, 170 . pp. 55-58. ISSN 0165-1765 Macroprudential policies LTV monetary union coordination financial stability https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176518302155 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.036 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.036
spellingShingle Macroprudential policies
LTV
monetary union
coordination
financial stability
Rubio, Margarita
National macroprudential policies in the Euro Area: flexibility vs. supervision
title National macroprudential policies in the Euro Area: flexibility vs. supervision
title_full National macroprudential policies in the Euro Area: flexibility vs. supervision
title_fullStr National macroprudential policies in the Euro Area: flexibility vs. supervision
title_full_unstemmed National macroprudential policies in the Euro Area: flexibility vs. supervision
title_short National macroprudential policies in the Euro Area: flexibility vs. supervision
title_sort national macroprudential policies in the euro area: flexibility vs. supervision
topic Macroprudential policies
LTV
monetary union
coordination
financial stability
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