Abstract
Whether due to random economic shocks or deliberate policy measures, sudden relative price changes can lower bank solvency. Whereas "winners" - i.e., those sectors experiencing improved net prices for their output - aren't obliged to share their good fortune with banks, "losers" my share their bad fortune by electing to default on bank loans. This paper presents a disaggregated dynamic computable general equilibrium model, used to analyze specifically how current policy proposals to stimulate savings might affect solvency in different sectors. We find surprising capital losses in pesos for two of the three policies simulated, which would leave domestic currency debtors substantially worse off.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 55-77 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | North American Journal of Economics and Finance |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Banks
- CGE modeling
- Financial crisis
- Saving
