The 2008 financial crisis has shown that financial busts can influence the real economy. However, there is less evidence to suggest that the same holds for financial booms. Using a Markov-Switching vector autoregressive model and euro area data, I show that financial booms tend to be less...

We extend the Central Bank of Malta's core DSGE model - MEDSEA - with housing and financial frictions to capture the important theoretical links betweeen house prices, credit and consumption. The model features a rich set of features that are inherent to small open economies in a monetary union....

A New Keynesian AD-AS Model for India, Incorporating the effect of Covid-19 Pandemic -- Indian Economics: Tragedy of a Forsaken Legacy -- Changing Contours of Union-State Relations -- Disinvestment and Privatisation of Central Public Sector Enterprises in India: Need And Progress -- Fiscal...

This festschrift volume presents discussions on contemporary issues in international economics and finance. It is aimed to serve as a reference material for researchers. There are two broad sections of the book -- International Macroeconomics and International Finance. The chapters in the...