Financial Crises in DSGE Models: Selected Applications of MAPMOD
Jaromir Benes,
Michael Kumhof and
Douglas Laxton
No 2014/056, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund
Abstract:
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.
Keywords: WP; lending loss; real asset; lending condition; bank borrower; banks' risk perception; lending spread (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 55
Date: 2014-04-04
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