THE ROLE OF FOREIGN DEBT AND FINANCIAL FRICTIONS IN A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY DSGE MODEL
- Authors
- Yie, Myung-Soo; Yoo, Byoung Hark
- Issue Date
- Dec-2016
- Publisher
- WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
- Keywords
- Small open economy DSGE model; foreign debt; risk premium; Korean economy
- Citation
- SINGAPORE ECONOMIC REVIEW, v.61, no.5
- Journal Title
- SINGAPORE ECONOMIC REVIEW
- Volume
- 61
- Number
- 5
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/5530
- DOI
- 10.1142/S0217590815500770
- ISSN
- 0217-5908
- Abstract
- We examine the role of foreign debt and financial frictions in the Korean business cycle using a small open economy DSGE (dynamic stochastic general equilibrium) model where domestic banks borrow external funds, denominated in foreign currencies, for a risk premium and make loans to domestic producers. We find that the Korean economy is 'financially vulnerable', which means that the risk premium increases when the domestic currency depreciates. As a result, depreciation could cause recession, rather than expansion, when there exist substantial amount of foreign debt or financial frictions. A simulation shows that the Korean business cycle would suffer less volatility with a lower steady-state level of foreign debt or no financial frictions.
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