Download or read book On Interest Rates and Asset Prices in Europe written by M. M. G. Fase and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting 25 years of empirical research on interest rates and a variety of asset prices, this text aims to deepen understanding of asset price inflation. It includes an analysis of the measurement of interest rates, with case studies from The Netherlands, Belgium and EMU, and emphasizes statistical measurement and the attempt to understand interest rate behaviour through statistical estimation. The text also includes an examination of historical interest rate development in the long run, both theoretically and empirically. The behaviour of bonds, stocks, and investment in art are analyzed, as well as the factors indispensable for a monetary strategy designed to target inflation.