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Is Money Essential? An Experimental Approach
Staff Working Paper 2023-39
Janet Hua Jiang,
Peter Norman,
Daniela Puzzello,
Bruno Sultanum,
Randall Wright
Monetary theory says that money is essential if it helps to achieve better incentive-feasible outcomes. We test this in the laboratory.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Economic models
JEL Code(s):
C,
C9,
C92,
E,
E4,
E5
Is Climate Transition Risk Priced into Corporate Credit Risk? Evidence from Credit Default Swaps
Staff Working Paper 2023-38
Andrea Ugolini,
Juan C. Reboredo,
Javier Ojea Ferreiro
We study whether the credit derivatives of firms reflect the risk from climate transition. We find that climate transition risk has asymmetric and significant economic impacts on the credit risk of more vulnerable firms, and negligible effects on other firms.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Climate change,
Credit risk management,
Econometric and statistical methods
JEL Code(s):
C,
C2,
C24,
G,
G1,
G12,
G3,
G32,
Q,
Q5,
Q54
Global Demand and Supply Sentiment: Evidence from Earnings Calls
Staff Working Paper 2023-37
Temel Taskin,
Franz Ulrich Ruch
This paper quantifies global demand, supply and uncertainty shocks and compares two major global recessions: the 2008–09 Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic. We use two alternate approaches to decompose economic shocks: text mining techniques on earnings calls transcripts and a structural Bayesian vector autoregression model.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
Econometric and statistical methods,
Inflation and prices,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C11,
C3,
C32,
E,
E3,
E32,
G,
G1,
G10
What People Believe About Monetary Finance and What We Can(’t) Do About It: Evidence from a Large-Scale, Multi-Country Survey Experiment
Staff Working Paper 2023-36
Cars Hommes,
Julien Pinter,
Isabelle Salle
We conduct a large-scale survey to shed light on what people believe about public finance. An experiment demonstrates that central bank communication can persistently shift views on monetary financing. It further suggests that views on monetary financing impact support for fiscal discipline.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Fiscal policy,
Monetary policy
JEL Code(s):
C,
C8,
C83,
E,
E5,
E58,
E6,
E60,
E62,
E7,
E70,
G,
G5,
G53,
H,
H3,
H31
Monetary Policy Transmission, Bank Market Power, and Wholesale Funding Reliance
Staff Working Paper 2023-35
Amina Enkhbold
I study how banking market concentration and reliance on wholesale funding affect monetary policy transmission to mortgage rates. I find that this transmission is imperfect and dampens the response of consumption, output, and housing prices.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Inflation targets,
Monetary policy transmission,
Wholesale funding
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E44,
E5,
E52,
G,
G2,
G21
Unpacking Moving: A Quantitative Spatial Equilibrium Model with Wealth
Staff Working Paper 2023-34
Elisa Giannone,
Qi Li,
Nuno Paixao,
Xinle Pang
We propose a model to understand low observed migration rates by considering the interaction between location and wealth decisions. We look at different policies and find that temporary moving vouchers only slightly increase welfare, while lower housing regulations can decrease the welfare gap by lowering house prices nationwide.
Privacy-Preserving Post-Quantum Credentials for Digital Payments
Staff Working Paper 2023-33
Raza Ali Kazmi,
Duc-Phong Le,
Cyrus Minwalla
Digital payments and decentralized systems enable the creation of new financial products and services for users. One core challenge in digital payments is the need to protect users from fraud and abuse while retaining privacy in individual transactions. We propose a pseudonymous credential scheme for use in payment systems to tackle this problem.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Digital currencies and fintech,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E42,
G,
G2,
G21,
O,
O3,
O31
SME Failures Under Large Liquidity Shocks: An Application to the COVID-19 Crisis
Staff Working Paper 2023-32
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas,
Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan,
Veronika Penciakova,
Nicholas Sander
We study the effects of financial frictions on firm exit when firms face large liquidity shocks. We develop a simple model of firm cost-minimization that introduces a financial friction that limits firms’ borrowing capacity to smooth temporary shocks to liquidity.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
Firm dynamics,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
D,
D2,
D21,
D22,
E,
E6,
E65,
H,
H8,
H81
The Macroeconomic Effects of Portfolio Equity Inflows
Staff Working Paper 2023-31
Nick Sander
I provide evidence that portfolio equity inflows can have expansionary effects on GDP and inflation if not offset by monetary policy. I use a shift-share instrument to estimate equity inflows based on plausibly exogenous timing of inflows into mutual funds with heterogeneous country portfolios.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
International financial markets,
International topics,
Monetary policy
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E32,
F,
F3,
F32,
F4,
F44