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How Important are Financial Frictions in the U.S. and Euro Area?

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  • Queijo, Virginia

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    (Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University)

Abstract

This paper aims to evaluate the importance of frictions in credit markets for business cycles in the U.S. and the Euro area. For this purpose, I modify the DSGE financial accelerator model developed by Bernanke, Gertler and Gilchrist (1999) and estimate it using Bayesian methods. The model is augmented with frictions such as price indexation to past inflation, sticky wages, consumption habits and variable capital utilization. My results indicate that financial frictions are relevant in both areas. Using the Bayes factor as criterion, the data favors the model with financial frictions both in the U.S. and the Euro area in five different specifications of the model. Moreover, the size of the financial frictions is larger in the Euro area.

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Paper provided by Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies in its series Seminar Papers with number 738.

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Length: 51 pages
Date of creation: 01 Aug 2005
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Handle: RePEc:hhs:iiessp:0738
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Keywords: DSGE models; Bayesian estimation; financial accelerator;

Find related papers by JEL classification:

  • C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General
  • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
  • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
  • E40 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - General
  • E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General
  • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)

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  1. Efrem Castelnuovo & Salvatore Nisticò, 2010. "Stock Market Conditions and Monetary Policy in a DSGE Model for the U.S," "Marco Fanno" Working Papers 0107, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno".
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