Real Effects of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis : Is it a Demand or a Finance Shock? /

We develop a methodology to study how the subprime crisis spills over to the real economy. Does it manifest itself primarily through reducing consumer demand or through tightening liquidity constraint on non-financial firms? Since most non-financial firms have much larger cash holding than before, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Tong, Hui
Outros autores: Wei, Shang-Jin
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/186
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF