Motivated by the apparent failure of the credit multiplier mechanism (CM) to deliver amplification in DSGE models, we re-examine its role in business cycles to address the question: is something wrong with the CM? Our answer is no. In coming to this answer we construct a model with reproducible...

Motivated by the apparent failure of the credit multiplier mechanism (CM) to deliver amplification in DSGE models, we re-examine its role in business cycles to address the question: is something wrong with the CM? Our answer is no. In coming to this answer we construct a model with reproducible...

Motivated by the apparent failure of the credit multiplier mechanism (CM) to deliver amplification in DSGE models, we re-examine its role in business cycles to address the question: is something wrong with the CM? Our answer is no. In coming to this answer we construct a model with reproducible...

In this paper, I propose a general equilibrium model featuring heterogeneous firms and a government that is both unable to commit and relatively more impatient than firms. I find that, as predicted by theoretical papers on limited commitment, the threat of expropriation alone is enough to...

A large theoretical literature suggests that financial frictions provide a mechanism which amplifies and propagates macroeconomic shocks. However, quantitative papers that embed this mechanism, referred to as the credit multiplier, into standard DSGE models conclude that although credit...

Spanish Abstract:</B> Con base en el universo de emisores del mercado de renta variable en Colombia se construye un índice de precios, retornos y dividendos para el período 1995- 2017. La serie de retornos totales del mercado accionario, que muestra un promedio histórico de 19.07% (0.60 en...

In economies that exhibit love-for-variety either in preferences or technology, the official consumer price index differs from the welfare-based price aggregator. This wedge implies that the stochastic discount factor should be adjusted to account for changes in the range of goods. This paper...

Many emerging economies have regulatory limits on foreign exchange rates net open positions of banks. We show that such limits leave the capital adequacy ratios of banks with investments in foreign subsidiaries more exposed to exchange rate fluctuations. We discuss alternative policies for...

The run up to the euro currency initiated a period of capital inflows into southern European countries, i.e., Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece. We document that those countries, and only them among OECD countries, concomitantly experienced a decline in the quality of their institutions. We...