Financial constraints on Brazilian firms are very high compared to advanced economies. In Brazil, 59% of firms have access to a bank loan or a credit line. In developed countries, the average percentage is 95%. Loan collateral requirements are much higher in Brazil (95% of the loan value) than...

Korean Abstract: 본 연구의 목적은 가계의 미시자료를 이용해 IMF 구제금융기간과 그 이후에 있었던 가계의 금융 및 실물자산이 가계소비에 어떠한 영향을 주었는지 분석하고자 한다. 소비계층별 IMF 구제금융 기간 전후를 분석한...

Korean Abstract: 본 논문은 주택가격이 주택가격채널을 통해 거시경제변수에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지를 분석하였다. 분석의 방법으로는 Iacoviello(2005)의 경제구조와 동태적⋅확률적 일반균형(DSGE) 모형을 한국 데이터에...

Korean Abstract: 주식시장에서 관찰되는 변동성은 시간에 따라 변하는 특징이 있는데, 변동성의 지속성을 기준으로 지속적인 변동성(long-lived volatility)과 일시적인 변동성(short-lived volatility)으로 구분할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는...

This paper analyzes the Brazilian growth pattern during the post-liberalization period, emphasizing the structural links between finance and productive capital accumulation. The results indicate a finance-led growth regime in the period 2004-2008, under a very specific financialization process....

This study aims to show that during the cycle of credit expansion occurred in the Brazilian economy between 2003 and 2010, public banks had acted with a degree of liquidity preference higher than that of private banks until the international financial crisis. The need to achieve economic and...

This paper deals with the financial wealth. It shows, firstly, how it was inserted into the Systems of National Accounts recommended by multilateral institutions, and, in particular, how it is treated by the most recent version of the system (2008). After that, it discusses the evolution and the...

This paper analyzes on a comparative basis the impact of the two major contemporary financial crises in Japan and in the United States. They were both the result of the burst of speculative bubbles that had allowed the high increase in the value of real estate and equity. The abrupt reversal of...

The paper analyzes the development of the contemporary globalized financial system as a consequence of the innovations introduced by private markets, but mostly the strategy of the governments, particularly the US. This new global financial system, based on the floating dollar, generated many...