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We explore a view of the crisis as a shock to investor sentiment that led to the collapse of a bubble or pyramid scheme in financial markets. We embed this view in a standard model of the financial accelerator and explore its empirical and policy implications. In particular, we show how the...
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We present evidence that referenda have a significant, detrimental outcome on investment. Employing an unsupervised … policy-related uncertainty. Examining the relationship of these indices with investment on a longitudinal panel of 3 … uncertainty to investment. Our preferred specification suggests that a one standard-deviation increase in Brexit uncertainty …
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firm level investment and high-frequency identified monetary policy shocks. We show that the reaction of firms' investment …
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This paper studies the design of optimal monetary policy (in terms of unconstrained Ramsey allocation) in a framework with sticky prices and matching frictions. Furthermore I consider the role of real wage rigidities. Optimal policy features significant deviations from price stability in...
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, the positive impact of a marginal increase in debt on investment efficiency disappears if firm debt is already excessive … banks and investment efficiency …
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their investment more after the crisis. This negative effect is stronger for firms linked to weak banks with exposures to … corporate investment …
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; hypothesis), (ii) preference shocks (quot;savings glutquot; hypothesis), and (iii) investment shocks (quot;investment droughtquot … part of the variation in imbalances and financial market prices. We find that savings shocks and investment shocks explain …
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We use the recent financial crisis period to analyse the effect of bank credit tightening on real firm investment. We …, investment falls substantially more in bank-dependent industries …
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This paper presents a model for stress testing investment funds, based on a broad worldwide sample of primary open …
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We show that credit supply shocks have a strong impact on firm-level as well as aggregate investment by applying the … are found to impair firm-level investment in all firms in our sample, but in particular for small firms and those with no … 20-40% of aggregate investment dynamics …
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