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This paper studies how financial development affects the relation between average growth and growth volatility through … liquidity crises. Then with this mechanism, we show in a macro framework that the relation between average growth and growth … volatility is more likely to be negative in developing countries, but more likely to be positive in developed economies. Finally …
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Recent empirical work has shown that current account deficits have been associated with lower growth in developing … countries while they have been associated with higher growth in developed countries. This paper shows that this can be … lower growth. However, the positive relationship between current account balance and growth is dampened with lower …
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proportionally during upturns; (iv) average R&D investment and productivity growth are more negatively correlated with sales … volatility in more credit constrained firms. …
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This paper models the relationship between growth and volatility for G7 economies in the time period 1960-2009. It … in mean (log-GARCH-M) models, the class of time series models previously used in the literature to estimate the growth-volatility … volatility on output growth, which is not taken into account by log-GARCH-M models. …
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of capital. Integration then raises the economy's growth rate. On the contrary, if foreign lenders are not able, due to … supply. Integration then depresses the economy's growth rate, firms cost of capital and the volume of credit extended in the …
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The value of land in the balance sheet of French firms correlates positively with their hiring and investment flows. To explore the relationship between these variables, we develop a macroeconomic model with firms that are subject to both credit and labor market frictions. The value of...
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This paper develops a simple business-cycle model in which financial shocks have large macroeconomic effects when private agents are gradually learning their economic environment. When agents update their beliefs about the unobserved process driving financial shocks to the leverage ratio, the...
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’s calibration implying a higher re-hiring probability and lower recruitment costs for unskilled workers, explains the volatility of …
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The recent financial crisis has highlighted the interconnectedness between macroeconomic and financial stability and has raised the question of whether and how to combine the corresponding main policy instruments (interest rate and bank-capital requirements). This paper offers a characterization...
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We construct credit risk indicators for euro area banks and non-financial corporations. These are the average spreads on the yield of euro area private sector bonds relative to the yield on German federal government securities of matched maturities. The indicators are also constructed at the...
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