Financial predictors of real activity and the financial accelerator

被引:31
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作者
Mody, A
Taylor, MP [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Warwick, Dept Econ, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England
[2] Int Monetary Fund, Dept Res, Washington, DC 20431 USA
关键词
high yield spread; financial accelerator;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2002.11.001
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We document the breakdown in the term spread as a predictor of activity during the 1990s and provide the first long-horizon regression evidence that the high yield spread predicts well. The results support the presence of a US financial accelerator. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:167 / 172
页数:6
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