Financial sector ups and downs and the real sector in the open economy: Up by the stairs, down by the parachuteJoshua Aizenman, Brian Pinto and Vladyslav Sushko Emerging Markets Review, 2013, vol. 16, issue C, 1-30 Abstract: We examine how financial cycles affect the broader economy through their impact on real economic sectors in a panel of countries over 1960–2005. Periods of accelerated growth of the financial sector are more likely to be followed by abrupt financial contractions than are periods of slower financial sector growth. Sharp fluctuations in the financial sector have strongly asymmetric effects, with the majority of real sectors adversely affected by contractions, but not helped by expansions. The adverse effects of financial contractions are transmitted almost exclusively through the financial openness channel, with precautionary foreign exchange reserve holdings serving as a key buffer. Keywords: Financial cycles; Financial and trade openness; Real transmission of financial shocks; Foreign exchange reserves (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ememar:v:16:y:2013:i:c:p:1-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2013.02.007 Access Statistics for this article Emerging Markets Review is currently edited by Jonathan A. Batten More articles in Emerging Markets Review from Elsevier |
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