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Chapter 21 The financial accelerator in a quantitative business cycle framework
Bernanke, Ben S.; Gertler, Mark; Gilchrist, Simon - In: Handbook of macroeconomics : volume 1, part C, (pp. 1341-1393). 1999
This chapter develops a dynamic general equilibrium model that is intended to help clarify the role of credit market frictions in business fluctuations, from both a qualitative and a quantitative standpoint. The model is a synthesis of the leading approaches in the literature. In particular, the...
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The impacts of credit standards on aggregate fluctuations in a small open economy : the role of monetary policy
Le, Hai - In: Economies : open access journal 9 (2021) 4, pp. 1-26
Empirical evidence demonstrates that credit standards, including lending margins and collateral requirements, move in a countercyclical direction. In this study, we construct a small open economy model with financial frictions to generate the countercyclical movement in credit standards. Our...
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Towards technology-news-driven business cycles
Di Casola, Paola; Sichlimiris, Spyridon - 2018
We identify an inflationary technology news shock as the leading source of business cycle variations for the postwar U ….S. economy. This shock acts like a demand shock: it induces strong positive comovement in real quantities - GDP, consumption … technological innovations reduce inflation. The technology news shock became the predominant source of the business cycle from the …
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An Assessment of Inflation Targeting in a Quantitative Monetary Business Cycle Framework
Cho, Dooyeon - 2013
This paper examines the effectiveness of inflation targeting to stabilize the real economy of the advanced countries where inflation targeting was adopted in the early 1990s. This paper employs the monetary business cycle accounting methodology recently developed by Šustek (2011) which is an...
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The global financial cycle and macroeconomic tail risks
Beutel, Johannes; Emter, Lorenz; Metiu, Norbert; … - 2022
We study the link between the global financial cycle and macroeconomic tail risks using quantile vector autoregressions. Contractionary shocks to financial conditions and monetary policy in the United States cause elevated downside risks to growth around the world. By tightening financial...
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Monetary cycles, financial cycles, and the business cycle
Adrian, Tobias; Estrella, Arturo; Shin, Hyun Song - 2010
One of the most robust stylized facts in macroeconomics is the forecasting power of the term spread for future real activity. The economic rationale for this forecasting power usually appeals to expectations of future interest rates, which affect the slope of the term structure. In this paper,...
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The EAGLE: a model for policy analysis of macroeconomic interdependence in the euro area
Gomes, Sandra; Jacquinot, Pascal; Pisani, Massimiliano - 2010
Building on the New Area Wide Model, we develop a 4-region macroeconomic model of the euro area and the world economy. The model (EAGLE, Euro Area and Global Economy model) is microfounded and designed for conducting quantitative policy analysis of macroeconomic interdependence across regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003973335
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The EAGLE : A Model for Policy Analysis of Macroeconomic Interdependence in the Euro Area
Gomes, Sandra - 2011
Building on the New Area Wide Model, we develop a 4-region macroeconomic model of the euro area and the world economy. The model (EAGLE, Euro Area and Global Economy model) is microfounded and designed for conducting quantitative policy analysis of macroeconomic interdependence across regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128474
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Loss Aversion and the Asymmetric Transmission of Monetary Policy
Gaffeo, Edoardo - 2012
There is widespread evidence that monetary policy exerts asymmetric effects on output over contractions and expansions in economic activity, while price responses display no sizeable asymmetry. To rationalize these facts we develop a dynamic general equilibrium model where households' utility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097931
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The EAGLE : A Model for Policy Analysis of Macroeconomic Interdependence in the Euro Area
Gomes, Sandra - 2010
Building on the New Area Wide Model, we develop a 4-region macroeconomic model of the euro area and the world economy. The model (EAGLE, Euro Area and Global Economy model) is microfounded and designed for conducting quantitative policy analysis of macroeconomic interdependence across regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143817