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The Financial Accelerator: An Emerging Market Story

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  • Shah Hussain

    (State Bank of Pakistan)

  • Amna Saeed
  • Amer Hassan

    (State Bank of Pakistan)

Abstract

In support of the financial-accelerator theory, we find evidence on countercyclical price-cost banking margins possibly explaining the amplifications of business cycles in Pakistan.

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  • Shah Hussain & Amna Saeed & Amer Hassan, 2011. "The Financial Accelerator: An Emerging Market Story," SBP Working Paper Series 41, State Bank of Pakistan, Research Department.
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    Keywords

    Financial accelerator; Business cycle; Pakistan.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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