Uncovering the Portfolio Balance Channel with the use of Sovereign Credit Ratings

Number: 
941
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
C58, E44, G11, G14
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

In this paper we study exchange rate effects due to shifts in the portfolio composition of the Colombian financial sector during 2003-2014. We first provide a theoretical understanding of the channel's transmission mechanism by modeling how the banking