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Financial development and the volatility of income

This paper presents a general equilibrium model with endogenous collateral constraints to study the relationship between financial development and business cycle fluctuations in a cross-section of economies with different sizes of their financial sector. The financial sector can amplify or dampen the volatility of income by increasing or reducing the business cycle effects of technological shocks. We find a non-monotonic relationship between the volatility of income and financial development measured by total borrowing and lending. A more developed financial system unambiguously increases the income level however the volatility can rise or fall depending on the degree of financial development.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Bank of Canada Working Paper ; No. 2013-4

Classification
Wirtschaft
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook: General
Subject
Credit and credit aggregates
Financial stability

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Pinheiro, Tiago
Rivadeneyra, Francisco
Teignier, Marc
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Bank of Canada
(where)
Ottawa
(when)
2013

DOI
doi:10.34989/swp-2013-4
Handle
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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Pinheiro, Tiago
  • Rivadeneyra, Francisco
  • Teignier, Marc
  • Bank of Canada

Time of origin

  • 2013

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