Financial Crises in DSGE Models: Selected Applications of MAPMOD

Author/Editor:

Jaromir Benes ; Michael Kumhof ; Douglas Laxton

Publication Date:

April 4, 2014

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper, together with a technical companion paper, presents MAPMOD, a new IMF model designed to study vulnerabilities associated with excessive credit expansions, and to support macroprudential policy analysis. In MAPMOD, bank loans create purchasing power that facilitates adjustments in the real economy. But excessively large and risky loans can impair balance sheets and sow the seeds of a financial crisis. Banks respond to losses through higher spreads and rapid credit cutbacks, with adverse effects for the real economy. These features allow the model to capture the basic facts of both the pre-crisis and crisis phases of financial cycles.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2014/056

Subject:

Asset prices Bank credit Banking Capital adequacy requirements Financial statements

English

Publication Date:

April 4, 2014

ISBN/ISSN:

9781475540239/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2014056

Pages:

55

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