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We show that firms' market power dampens the response of their output to monetary policy shocks, using firm-level data for the United States and a large cross-country firm-level dataset for 14 advanced economies. The estimated impact of a firm's markup on its response to a monetary policy shock...
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This paper presents theory and evidence on the dynamic relationship between aggregate bank lending and interest rate … consuming. It shows that the response of bank lending to changes in money market rates is likely to be asymmetric and depends … existing loans. Empirically, it provides evidence that bank lending in Mexico and the United States responds asymmetrically to …
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We study how low interest rates in the United States affect risk taking in the market of crossborder leveraged corporate loans. To the extent that actions of the Federal Reserve affect U.S. interest rates, our analysis provides evidence of a cross-border spillover effect of monetary policy. We...
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over two decades. A reduced-form equation is estimated on the basis of a bank profit maximization model that permits a …
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information asymmetries in the banking sector, it also may have contributed to the contraction in bank lending observed during …
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We develop a heterogeneous agent, overlapping generations model with nonhomothetic preferences that nests several explanations for the decline in the natural rate of interest (r*) suggested in the literature: demographic change, a slowdown in productivity growth, a rise in income inequality, and...
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additional bank capital needs could be large. The paper concludes discussing uses of the mapping beyond PD valuation suitable for …
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Concentration risk is an important feature of many banking sectors, especially in emerging and small economies. Under the Basel Framework, Pillar 1 capital requirements for credit risk do not cover concentration risk, and those calculated under the Internal Ratings Based (IRB) approach...
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We argue that strong globalization forces have been an important determinant of global real interest rates over the last five decades, as they have been key drivers of changes in the natural real interest rate-i.e. the interest rate consistent with output at its potential and constant inflation....
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