Global Collateral and Capital Flows / Ana Fostel, John Geanakoplos, Gregory Phelan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fostel, Ana.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Geanakoplos, John.

Phelan, Gregory.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w25583.

NBER working paper series no. w25583

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2019.

Summary:

Cross-border financial flows arise when (otherwise identical) countries differ in their abilities to use assets as collateral to back financial contracts. Financially integrated countries have access to the same set of financial instruments, and yet there is no price convergence of assets with identical payoffs, due to a gap in collateral values. Home (financially advanced) runs a current account deficit. Financial flows amplify asset price volatility in both countries, and gross flows driven by collateral differences collapse following bad news about fundamentals. Our results can explain financial flows among rich, similarly-developed countries, and why these flows increase volatility.

Notes:

Print version record

February 2019.