This paper uses a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with credit market imperfections to estimate the role of credit market shocks and monetary policy in US business cycles. The estimated model captures much of the historical narrative regarding the conduct of monetary policy and...

This paper addresses the positive implications of indexing risky debt to observable aggregate conditions. These issues are pursued within the context of the celebrated financial accelerator model of Bernanke, Gertler and Gilchrist (1999). The principle conclusions include: (1) the estimated...

La banca paralela (BP) en las economías emergentes se comprende menos y ha sido mucho menos estudiada que en las economías desarrolladas. La falta de datos es una de las razones fundamentales. El objetivo de este trabajo es proporcionar datos y analizar la BP en un grupo heterogéneo de...