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We present a framework that clarifies the financial role of the IMF, the rationale for conditionality, and the conditions under which IMF-induced moral hazard can arise. In the model, traditional conditionality commits country authorities to undertake crisis resolution efforts, facilitating the...
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This paper uses a dynamic optimization model to estimate the welfare gains of hedging against commodity price risk for commodity-exporting countries. The introduction of hedging instruments such as futures and options enhances domestic welfare through two channels. First, by reducing export...
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SUDDEN STOPS AND RESERVES: SOME FACTS -- III. THE MODEL -- IV. APPLICATIONS -- V. EXTENSIONS -- VI. CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- APPENDIX: COMPUTATIONS -- REFERENCES.
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DESCRIPTION OF THE DATABASE -- III. DOMESTIC VERSUS INTERNATIONAL DEBT -- IV. THE STRUCTURE OF DOMESTIC DEBT -- V. MONETARY INSTABILITY AND DOMESTIC ORIGINAL SIN -- VI. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.
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We investigate the role of macroprudential policies in mitigating liquidity traps driven by deleveraging, using a simple Keynesian model. When constrained agents engage in deleveraging, the interest rate needs to fall to induce unconstrained agents to pick up the decline in aggregate demand....
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Financial regulation is often framed as a question of economic efficiency. This paper, by contrast, puts the distributive implications of financial regulation center stage. We develop a model in which the financial sector benefits from risk-taking by earning greater expected returns. However,...
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This paper provides an introduction to the new economics of prudential capital controls in emerging economies. This literature is based on the notion that there are externalities associated with financial crises because individual market participants do not internalize their contribution to...
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Financial regulation is often framed as a question of economic efficiency. This paper, by contrast, puts the distributive implications of financial regulation center stage. We develop a model in which the financial sector benefits from risk-taking by earning greater expected returns. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010233893
Using a simple model of international lending, we show that as long as the IMF lends at an actuarially fair interest rate and debtor governments maximize the welfare of their taxpayers, any changes in policy effort, capital flows, or borrowing costs in response to IMF crisis lending are...
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The link between monetary policy and asset price movements has been of perennial interest to policymakers. In this paper, we consider the potential case for preemptive monetary restrictions when asset price reversals can have serious effects on real output. First, we present some stylized facts...
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