Varela, Liliana ORCID: 0000-0001-6139-1461 (2017) Sector heterogeneity and credit market imperfections in emerging markets. Journal of International Money and Finance, 70. pp. 433-451. ISSN 0261-5606
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Abstract
This paper shows that the impact of country interest rate shocks on emerging markets' economic activities can be associated with credit market imperfections affecting principally non-tradable activities. I present novel evidence documenting that tradable and non-tradable activities respond asymmetrically to changes in credit conditions in emerging markets. I show that country interest rate shocks are amplified through non-tradable activities, and that local credit substantially explains their output growth. Unlike the non-tradable sector, tradable activities are not significantly affected by changes in local credit conditions. To rationalize these findings, I introduce a small open economy model with heterogeneous access to international borrowing that accounts for the asymmetric response of tradable and non-tradable activities.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0261... |
Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier |
Divisions: | Finance |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
JEL classification: | E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E44 - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F34 - International Lending and Debt Problems F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance > F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance > F43 - Economic Growth of Open Economies |
Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2019 13:21 |
Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2024 17:27 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/102061 |
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