Macro/Trade Seminar: Uncertainty Shocks, Financial Frictions and Business Cycle Asymmetries Across Countries – School of Economics Macro/Trade Seminar: Uncertainty Shocks, Financial Frictions and Business Cycle Asymmetries Across Countries – School of Economics

Macro/Trade Seminar: Uncertainty Shocks, Financial Frictions and Business Cycle Asymmetries Across Countries

The School of Economics invites you to a seminar presented by Pratiti Chatterjee (UNSW).

Abstract

Uncertainty shocks trigger sharper declines in consumption, investment, GDP and a stronger countercyclical response in trade-balances in emerging countries compared to advanced economies. I propose and estimate a nonlinear open-economy model with financial frictions to reconcile these stylized facts in a micro-founded environment. Estimating this nonlinear model using data for 8 countries I find that heightened uncertainty is common across advanced and emerging countries during recessions however higher financial frictions are key towards generating the observed excess volatility in emerging countries. I find borrowing costs to be 592 basis points higher in emerging countries during downturns vis-a-vis advanced economies. To mitigate the negative impact of uncertainty, I propose a countercyclical subsidy on borrowing costs and show that this policy dampens the change in borrowing costs and consequently reduces the severity of the recession.

Date

Apr 23 2019
Expired!

Time

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Room 650, Social Sciences Building (A02)
Category

Organizer

Dave Mc Manamon
Phone
93514587
Email
dave.mcmanamon@sydney.edu.au

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