Eickmeier, Sandra; Metiu, Norbert; Prieto, Esteban - 2016
of high volatility compared to periods of low volatility, using a regime-switching vector autoregression. Exogenous … is weaker in high volatility periods. To rationalize our robust empirical results, we use a macroeconomic model in which … volatility of aggregate shocks. In low volatility periods, financial intermediaries lever up, which makes their balance sheets …