Publication - Inside asset purchase programs: the effects of unconventional policy on banking competition by Michael Koetter, Natalia Podlich, Michael Wedow
Non-technical summary
To ensure the transmission of monetary policy and restore the smooth functioning of selected financial market segments after the Great Financial Crisis of 2007/2008, the European Central Bank (ECB) complemented conventional monetary policy with a range of less conventional policy instruments. The use of these policy instruments continues to raise controversial debates among policy makers, politicians, and academics alike.