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The real impact of financial crises

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Elias Brandt
Scott Dressler
Erwan Quintin

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Output falls precipitously in most emerging nations that experience financial crises. The authors conjecture that a significant part of the real impact of financial crises is due to the fact that during turbulent times firms choose to leave a large fraction of productive resources idle until business conditions improve. In the case of Mexico’s 1994–95 crisis, they calculate that capital utilization could account for as much as half the drop in standard measures of total factor productivity. Capital utilization matters much more during financial crises than during other periods, they argue, because crises create ideal conditions for large swings in utilization rates.

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Article provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in its journal Economic and Financial Policy Review.

Volume (Year): (2004)
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Pages: 1-15
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  1. D. Johannes Juttner & David Chung & Wayne Leung, 2004. "Emerging Market Bond Returns – An Investor Perspective," Research Papers 0406, Macquarie University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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