Contagion, bank lending spreads, and output fluctuations

A positive historical shock to external spreads can lead to an increase in domestic spreads and a reduction in the cyclical component of output. Shocks to external spreads immediately after the Mexican peso crisis had a sizable effect on movements in output and domestic interest rate spreads in Arge...

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Main Author: Agénor, Pierre-Richard
Corporate Author: World Bank Institute Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction
Other Authors: Hoffmaister, Alexander W., Aizenman, Joshua
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC World Bank, World Bank Institute, Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction 1999
Series:Policy research working paper
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:A positive historical shock to external spreads can lead to an increase in domestic spreads and a reduction in the cyclical component of output. Shocks to external spreads immediately after the Mexican peso crisis had a sizable effect on movements in output and domestic interest rate spreads in Argentina
Item Description:"September 1999. - Cover title. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-25)
Physical Description:25 p ill 28 cm