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We introduce heterogeneity in terms of workers and entrepreneurs in an otherwise standard Fisherian model to study … Sudden Stop dynamics and optimal policy. We show that the distinction between workers and entrepreneurs introduces a … the relative marginal utilities of consumption, the planner additionally favors entrepreneurs during Sudden Stops to …
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Identifying the causal impact of capital inflows on growth and development has been a perennial challenge. This paper proposes a new way to investigate the effect of capital flows on recipient emerging and developing economies, using shift-share instruments and correcting for indirect flows. It...
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This paper surveys policy responses in recent years to capital inflows in a diverse group of countries that are represented by the Netherlands at the IMF Executive Board. Based on the findings from cross-country empirical literature, the paper distills some guiding principles for policy...
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This paper presents a simple model of optimal reserves that can be easily calibrated to compute optimal reserves as well as the implied probability of a sudden stop for given reserves. The model builds upon the global games framework of Morris and Shin to establish a unique relationship between...
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With rising financial integration, the magnitude and swings in capital flows have increased in the past two decades, intensifying the policy debate on how best to deal with these flows. This paper assesses the use and effectiveness of capital controls in limiting inflow surges. Using a novel...
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Intro -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THEORY -- III. MEASURING FINANCIAL …
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This paper draws on a unique data set on the nontraditional systemic liquidity easing measures recently undertaken by many emerging market economies. It offers an empirical analysis of the key determinants affecting the decision to undertake these measures over the period September 2008-March...
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This paper studies the effects of fiscal policy response in 118 episodes of systemic banking crisis in advanced and emerging market countries during 1980-2008. It finds that timely countercyclical fiscal measures contribute to shortening the length of crisis episodes by stimulating aggregate...
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investigate the transmission of a global financial crisis that originates from financial frictions in the rest of the world. We ….2.2 Importing Firms -- 2.2.3 Unfinished Capital Producing Firms -- 2.3 Entrepreneurs -- 2.4 Monetary Policy -- 2.5 General … -- 3.2 Entrepreneurs -- 4. Financial Crisis and the Domestic Economy -- 4.1 Model Dynamics -- 4.2 Financial Crisis …
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