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Monetary Policy in an Open Economy: The Differential Impact on Exporting and Non-Exporting Firms
Ber, Hedva; Blass, Asher; Yosha, Oved - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Using firm-level data, we provide evidence that, although monetary policy affects real investment, the effect operates differentially: the greater its export intensity the less a firm is affected by tight money. We examine several interpretations and conclude that the impact is transmitted...
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The Wealth-Consumption Ratio
Lustig, Hanno; van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn; Verdelhan, Adrien - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We derive new estimates of total wealth, the returns on total wealth, and the wealth effect on consumption. We estimate the prices of aggregate risk from bond yields and stock returns using a no-arbitrage model. Using these risk prices, we compute total wealth as the price of a claim to...
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What Calls to ARMs? International Evidence on Interest Rates and the Choice of Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Badarinza, Cristian; Campbell, John Y; Ramadorai, Tarun - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
The relative popularity of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) and fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) varies considerably both across countries and over time. We ask how movements in current and expected future interest rates affect the share of ARMs in total mortgage issuance. Using a nine-country panel...
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Money Illusion and Housing Frenzies
Brunnermeier, Markus K; Julliard, Christian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
A reduction in inflation can fuel run-ups in housing prices if people suffer from money illusion. For example, investors who decide whether to rent or buy a house by simply comparing monthly rent and mortgage payments do not take into account that inflation lowers future real mortgage costs. We...
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Explaining Forward Exchange Bias .... Intra-day
Lyons, Richard K; Rose, Andrew K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
Intra-day interest rates are zero. Consequently, a foreign exchange dealer can short a vulnerable currency in the morning, close this position in the afternoon, and never face an interest cost. This tactic might seem especially attractive in times of crisis, since it suggests an immunity to the...
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Monetary transmission in low income countries
Mishra, Prachi; Montiel, Peter J; Spilimbergo, Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper reviews the monetary transmission mechanism in low income countries (LICs). We use monetary transmission in advanced and emerging markets as a benchmark to identify aspects of the transmission mechanism that may operate differently in LICs. In particular, we focus on the effects of...
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Back to Keynes?
van der Ploeg, Frederick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
After a brief review of classical, Keynesian, New Classical and New Keynesian theories of macroeconomic policy, we assess whether New Keynesian Economics captures the quintessential features stressed by JM Keynes. Particular attention is paid to Keynesian features omitted in New Keynesian...
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Securitization, Transparency and Liquidity
Pagano, Marco; Volpin, Paolo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
liquidity of their primary market, at the cost of reducing secondary market liquidity or even causing it to freeze. The degree … of transparency is inefficiently low if the social value of secondary market liquidity exceeds its private value. We … analyze various types of public intervention — mandatory transparency standards, provision of liquidity to distressed banks or …
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A Search-Based Theory of the On-the-Run Phenomenon
Vayanos, Dimitri; Weill, Pierre-Olivier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
they must deliver the asset they borrowed. That asset enjoys greater liquidity, measured by search times, and a higher … lending fee ('specialness'). Liquidity and specialness translate into price premia that are consistent with no-arbitrage. We …
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Local Ownership as Private Information: Evidence on the Monitoring-Liquidity Trade-Off
Gaspar, José-Miguel; Massa, Massimo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper investigates the impact of ownership patterns on the way the firm is monitored, on the liquidity of its … selection discount required by less informed investors to trade, reducing the firm’s liquidity. Both effects are properly … prices, but the lower liquidity induced by their presence tends to reduce prices. …
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