Banking Productivity and Economic Fluctuations: Colombia 1998-2000

Número: 
192
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
E32, E42, E44, G21
Palabras clave: 
Banking, productivity, economic fluctuations

I build a general equilibrium, financial accelerator model that incorporates an explicit technology for the intermediary sector. A credit multiplier emerges because of a borrowing constraint that is a function of asset prices, internal funds and lending r