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What determines simultaneous asset bubbles? An empirical analysis

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  • Christian Drescher
  • Bernhard Herz

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The recent global financial crisis demonstrated that the simultaneous collapse of asset bubbles in different countries is a major challenge for monetary policy. In order to evaluate determinants of these simultaneous asset bubbles, we detect rational asset bubbles in corporate equity and real estate markets worldwide using forward recursive right-sided ADF tests. Then we create dummy variables for simultaneous asset bubbles and analyse potential determinants using gravity models and spatial economics. Our empirical analysis suggests that simultaneous asset bubbles depend positively upon potential asset demand, capital account openness, monetary conditions, cultural similarities and negatively upon informational frictions and exchange rate flexibility. These findings imply that monetary policy can impede the probability of simultaneous asset bubbles by ensuring sound monetary conditions and choosing a flexible exchange regime.

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  • Christian Drescher & Bernhard Herz, 2016. "What determines simultaneous asset bubbles? An empirical analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(1), pages 35-51, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:48:y:2016:i:1:p:35-51
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1073841
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