Karagiannis, Stelios, Panagopoulos, Yannis and Vlamis, Prodromos (2010) Symmetric or asymmetric interest rate adjustments? Evidence from Greece, Bulgaria and Slovenia. Hellenic Observatory papers on Greece and Southeast Europe (GreeSE paper no. 39). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine how effectively the wholesale interest rates are transmitted to the retail rates, and whether the interest rate pass-through is symmetric or asymmetric in Greece, Bulgaria and Slovenia. The disaggregated general-to-specific methodology is applied for testing the symmetry hypothesis in these economies. It is evident from our results that across the countries examined there exist variations regarding the monetary transmission process and the symmetry hypothesis alike. This can be interpreted as an indication of a different level of competition, development and liberalization among the banking systems in these South Eastern European economies.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/hellenicObservato... |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 Stelios Karagiannis, Yannis Panagopoulos and Prodromos Vlamis |
| Divisions: | European Institute Hellenic Observatory |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DF Greece H Social Sciences > HG Finance D History General and Old World > DR Balkan Peninsula |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2010 14:01 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 19:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/29168 |
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