We use a simple model of investment and external finance to analyze the relationship among the issuance of securities, financial market valuations and, alternatively, aggregate investment or cash flows. We find that issuance is driven by market valuations, and does not influence aggregate...

The association between long and short interest rates is traditionally envisaged from a purely domestic perspective, where it is believed an empirical regularity. Hence, the weakening of this relationship in the first half of the 2000s has represented a conundrum, calling for a reassessment of...