A considerable body of theoretical and empirical literature has evaluated the credit channel of monetary transmission. This paper sets up an open-economy model under floating exchange rates with imperfect international capital mobility based on the Bernanke and Blinder model (1988). Employing our model, we show that a change in money supply has different impacts on the economy in many cases compared to the previous literature. The exchange rate puzzle may occur and when the exchange rate puzzle appears, the Fleming proposition is violated. Besides, by means of a cointegration analysis, we empirically verify the particular case of the exchange rate puzzle with the monthly data from May 1984 to January 2005 in Taiwan. Therefore, our empirical evidences can be matched with our theoretical derivations successfully.

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T21:00:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4 Peter Edward Cortes Marsden Wilson.pdf.jpg: 18180 bytes, checksum: 378f62fa4a444505d0f66bffd5fa1114 (MD5) Peter Edward Cortes Marsden Wilson.pdf.txt: 94511 bytes, checksum: 0e509be89e8a539fe7af330bd2a759ff (MD5) Peter Edward Cortes Marsden Wilson.pdf: 520574 bytes, checksum: 626902cd5204fca2d18806d0bca5ed92 (MD5) license.txt: 4886 bytes, checksum: 46df1399d9b47500d98a7ac731adf80e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-01-29T00:00:00Z / This paper aims to analyze the decline of interest rate and the credit channel mechanism for propelling the secondary mortgage market in Brazil. The macroeconomic stability coupled with falling interest rates and new regulatory framework adopted in 2004, especially to leverage the sector of construction, served as a kick start for the rapid expansion of credit, with attention to real estate. It has established the initial and essential condition, but not sufficient, for creating a secondary market for mortgages in Brazil. In order to find empirical evidence and to analyze the impact of falling interest rates in the issuance of securities a auto-regression (VAR) model (developed by Lehnert, Passmore Sherlund) was used. / Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a queda de taxa de juros e o mecanismo de canal de crédito como propulsor do mercado secundário de hipotecas no Brasil. A estabilidade macroeconômica aliada ao movimento de queda da taxa de juros e as novas regras institucionais aprovadas em 2004, especialmente para alavancar o setor de construção civil, serviram como pontapé inicial para a expansão rápida de crédito, com atenção ao imobiliário. Formou-se assim a condição inicial necessária, mas não suficiente, para a criação de um mercado secundário de hipotecas no Brasil. Utiliza-se neste trabalho um modelo VAR desenvolvido por Lehnert, Passmore e Sherlund para estudar os impactos da queda da taxa de juros na emissão de títulos securitizados de crédito imobiliário e aumento do número de transações destes títulos.

This dissertation is a collection of three essays dealing with selected problems of the Euro Area during its most recent crisis. It applies empirical, theoretical, and institutional analyses to gain new insights into many of its financial aspects. The first essay offers an alternative explanation for the surge in government bond spreads. Many researchers attribute this phenomenon to market sentiment and multiple equilibria alone. We show that an often neglected fundamental variable may drive spreads: a decrease in the expected recovery value of private market participants. With an ever-increasing share of crisis countries’ debt held by official creditors, private investors may feel pushed into the position of subordinated creditors. The other two essays both explain the sharp increase in central bank credit from different perspectives. First, from the national perspective, central banks may be confronted with a classical tragedy-of-the-commons problem, which gives rise to an expansionary bias. Second, from the perspective of the ECB, we argue that the empirical patterns surrounding the liquidity provision in December 2011 are reminiscent of a speculative attack on a fixed exchange rate system.

El presente estudio pretende analizar si los cambios en la tasa de interés de referencia del Banco Central de Reserva del Perú pueden afectan de manera diferenciada a las decisiones de inversión de las empresas corporativas que cotizan en la Bolsa de Valores de Lima. Para tales efectos utilizaremos un modelo econométrico de datos de panel, a través del cual evaluaremos si el grado de endeudamiento de cada firma es un factor que condiciona el impacto de cambios en la tasa de interés de referencia sobre las inversiones que ésta realiza. En relación a este mecanismo, conocido como Broad Credit Channel, nuestros resultados brindan evidencia a favor de que este canal podría encontrarse operativo en el Perú, siendo un elemento que condiciona el impacto de un aumento de la tasa de interés sobre la inversión. / The present study intends to analyze if the changes in the reference interest rate of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru can differently affect the investment decisions of corporate companies listed on the Lima Stock Exchange. For this purpose, we will use an econometric panel data model, through which we will assess whether the degree of indebtedness of each firm is a key factor that determines the impact of changes in the reference interest rate on the investments it makes. In relation to this mechanism, known as the Broad Credit Channel, our results provide evidence in favor of this channel being operational in Peru, being an element that limits the impact of an increase in the interest rate on investment. / Tesis