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Correlation Analysis of Financial Contagion: What One Should Know Before Running a Test

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Pericoli, Marcello; Sbracia, Massimo - 2001

This paper builds a general test of contagion in financial markets based on bivariate correlation analysis - a test that can be interpreted as an extension of the normal correlation theorem. Contagion is defined as a structural break in the data generating process of rates of return. Using a...

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Nominal Debt and the Dynamics of Currency Crises

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Mackowiak, Bartosz - 2000

We study the interaction of fiscal and monetary policies during a currency crisis in an economy with government nominal liabilities. We show that the stock and maturity of these liabilities are key determinants of the magnitude, timing and predictability of a devaluation. Among notable features...

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Productivity spillovers, terms of trade, and the home market effect

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Martin, Philippe; Pesenti, Paolo - 2005

those related to firms' lower cost of entry or product differentiation. Our model suggests that countries with lower … manufacturing costs have higher GDP but supply a smaller number of goods at a lower international price. Countries with lower entry … domestic demand has macroeconomic implications that are similar to those of a reduction in firms' entry costs …

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International dimensions of optimal monetary policy

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Pesenti, Paolo - 2001

This paper provides a baseline general-equilibrium model of optimal monetary policy among interdependent economies with monopolistic firms that set prices one period in advance. Strict adherence to inward-looking policy objectives such as the stabilization of domestic output cannot be optimal...

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Self-validating optimum currency areas

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Pesenti, Paolo - 2002

A currency area can be a self-validating optimal policy regime, even when monetary unification does not foster real economic integration and intra-industry trade. In our model, firms choose the optimal degree of exchange rate pass-through to export prices while accounting for expected monetary...

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