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Causes of the Korean Financial Crisis : Lessons for Policy

Hahm, Joon-Ho; Mishkin, Frederic S. - 2022

This paper uses an asymmetric information framework to understand the causes of the recent financial crisis in Korea. It shows that the Korean data is consistent with this explanation of the crisis. It then draws on this analysis to discuss several lessons that can help guide Korean policymakers...

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Creditor Rights and Corporate Risk-Taking

Acharya, Viral V. - 2010

We analyze the link between creditor rights and firms' investment policies, proposing that stronger creditor rights in bankruptcy reduce corporate risk-taking. In cross-country analysis, we find that stronger creditor rights induce greater propensity of firms to engage in diversifying...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149976

Are Banks Passive Liquidity Backstops? Deposit Rates and Flows During the 2007-2009 Crisis

Acharya, Viral V. - 2012

Can banks maintain their advantage as liquidity providers when they are heavily exposed to a financial crisis? The … liquidity insurer is not one of the passive recipient, but of an active seeker, of deposits. We find that banks facing a funding … liquidity demand shocks (as measured by their unused commitments, wholesale funding dependence, and limited liquid assets), as …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110924

Financial Policies and the Prevention of Financial Crises in Emerging Market Countries

Mishkin, Frederic S. - 2021

This paper outlines a set of financial policies that can help make financial crises less likely in emerging market countries. To justify these policies, the paper first explains what a financial crisis is, the factors that promote a financial crisis and the dynamics of a financial crisis. It...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013248397

Monetary Policy Strategy : Lessons from the Crisis

Mishkin, Frederic S. - 2011

This paper examines what we have learned and how we should change our thinking about monetary policy strategy in the aftermath of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. It starts with a discussion of where the science of monetary policy was before the crisis and how central banks viewed monetary policy...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130559

Is Monetary Policy Effective During Financial Crises?

Mishkin, Frederic S. - 2010

This short paper argues that the view that monetary policy is ineffective during financial crises is not only wrong, but may promote policy inaction in the face of a severe contractionary shock. To the contrary, monetary policy is more potent during financial crises because aggressive monetary...

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Does Inflation Targeting Make a Difference?

Mishkin, Frederic S. - 2010

Yes, as inferred from panel evidence for inflation-targeting countries and a control group of high-achieving industrial countries that do not target inflation. Our evidence suggests that inflation targeting helps countries achieve lower inflation in the long run, have smaller inflation response...

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Monetary Policy Strategy : How Did We Get Here?

Mishkin, Frederic S. - 2010

This paper, which is the introductory chapter in my book, quot;Monetary Policy Strategyquot;, forthcoming from MIT Press, outlines how thinking in academia and central banks about monetary policy strategy has evolved over time. It shows that six ideas that are now accepted by monetary...

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Does the Lack of Financial Stability Impair the Transmission of Monetary Policy?

Acharya, Viral V. - 2019

We investigate the transmission of central bank liquidity to bank deposits and loan spreads in Europe over the period … bank liquidity does not translate into lower loan spreads for high-risk banks for maturities beyond one year, even as it …

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U.S. Stock Market Crashes and Their Aftermath : Implications for Monetary Policy

Mishkin, Frederic S.; White, Eugene N. - 2021

This paper examines fifteen historical episodes of stock market crashes and their aftermath in the United States over the last one hundred years. Our basic conclusion from studying these episodes is that financial instability is the key problem facing monetary policy makers and not stock market...

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