Switching Volatility in a Nonlinear Open Economy

Jonathan Benchimol and Sergey Ivashchenko
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Sergey Ivashchenko: Russian Academy of Sciences (IREP), Financial Research Institute, and Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

No 2020.04, Bank of Israel Working Papers from Bank of Israel

Abstract: Uncertainty about a regime's economy can change drastically around a crisis. An imported crisis such as the global financial crisis in the euro area highlights the effect of foreign shocks. Estimating an open-economy nonlinear dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model for the euro area and the United States including Markov-switching volatility shocks, we show that these shocks were significant during the global financial crisis compared with periods of calm. We describe how US shocks from both the real economy and financial markets affected the euro area economy and how bond reallocation occurred between short- and long-term maturities during the global financial crisis. Importantly, the estimated nonlinearities when domestic and foreign financial markets influence the economy, should not be neglected. The nonlinear behavior of market-related variables highlights the importance of higher-order estimation for providing additional interpretations to policymakers.ô€€

Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2020-05
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Journal Article: Switching volatility in a nonlinear open economy (2021)
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Working Paper: Switching Volatility in a Nonlinear Open Economy (2020)
Working Paper: Switching Volatility in a Nonlinear Open Economy (2020)
Working Paper: Switching Volatility in a Nonlinear Open Economy (2020)
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