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Caballero, Ricardo J. - 2014

In this paper we provide a model of the macroeconomic implications of safe asset shortages. In particular, we discuss the emergence of a deflationary safety trap equilibrium with endogenous risk premia. It is an acute form of a liquidity trap, in which the shortage of a specific form of assets,...

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Improper Churn : Social Costs and Macroeconomic Consequences

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 1998

associated with structural unemployment and low productivity -- due to technological sclerosis' and a scrambling' of productivity … traditional unemployment cost is due to reduced productivity and is determined by the recession's cumulative effect on the economy …'s churn rate. Although a recessionary shock increases the economy's turbulence' at impact, semi-structural VAR evidence from …

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Contingent Reserves Management : An Applied Framework

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 2004

One of the most serious problems that a central bank in an emerging market economy can face, is the sudden reversal of capital inflows. Hoarding international reserves can be used to smooth the impact of such reversals, but these reserves are seldom sufficient and always expensive to hold. In...

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Can Foreign Exchange Intervention Stem Exchange Rate Pressures from Global Capital Flow Shocks?

Blanchard, Olivier - 2015

Many emerging market economies have relied on foreign exchange intervention (FXI) in response to gross capital inflows. In this paper, we study whether FXI has been an effective tool to dampen the effects of these inflows on the exchange rate. To deal with endogeneity issues, we look at the...

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Emerging Market Crises : An Asset Markets Perspective

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 1998

. Domestic assets experience dramatic depreciation and otherwise solvent investment projects and production, especially in the …

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Safe Asset Scarcity and Aggregate Demand

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 2016

We explore the consequences of safe asset scarcity on aggregate demand in a stylized IS-LM/Mundell Fleming environment. Acute safe asset scarcity forces the economy into a "safety trap" recession. In the open economy, safe asset scarcity spreads from one country to the other via capital flows,...

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Macroeconomic Volatility in Latin America : A View and Three Case Studies

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 2000

After decades of trial, error, and occasional regress the pieces of a successful Latin American economic model can be seen scattered among the leading economies of the region. The most traditional macroeconomic maladies of the emerging world - such as chronic fiscal imbalances and monetary...

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The Cost of Recessions Revisited : A Reverse-Liquidationist View

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 1999

The observation that liquidations are concentrated in recessions has long been the subject of controversy. One view holds that liquidations are beneficial in that they result in increased restructuring. Another view holds that liquidations are privately inefficient and essentially wasteful. This...

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The Macroeconomics of Specificity

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 1996

, and expansions run into bottlenecks. While, depending on the nature of the shock, expansions may require reinforcement or …

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Aggregate Employment Dynamics : Building From Microeconomic Evidence

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 1995

This paper studies quarterly employment flows of approximately 10,000 large U.S. manufacturing establishments during 1972:1-1980:4.After estimating the extent of short run microeconomic substitution between employment and hours per worker (hours-week), we construct measures of the path of the...

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