Title

International Transmission Of Financial Shocks In An Estimated Dsge Model

Keywords

DSGE; Financial accelerator; Global banks; International business cycles

Abstract

This paper investigates the transmission of financial shocks across large economies. To quantify these effects, we estimate a two-region open economy DSGE model that includes frictions in credit markets. The baseline model fails to replicate the high correlation between the U.S. and Euro Area macroeconomic variables. Allowing for an ad hoc, cross-regional correlation in financial shocks considerably improves the model's ability to match the data. We extend the baseline model by including global banks, and generate an endogenous cross-regional correlation of borrowing costs. Simulations demonstrate large spillover effects, and highlight the importance of including frictions in international financial contracts for more accurately capturing the high cross-regional correlation. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volume

47

Number of Pages

21-55

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.04.007

Socpus ID

84902003276 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84902003276

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