Essays on the financial system and the transmission of monetary policy

This thesis studies the role of the banking system in several aspects of the macroeconomy, including the likelihood of financial crises, volatility of asset prices and the transmission of monetary policy. In chapter 2, I analyze the accumulation of international reserves by central banks as insur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Qiu, Junfeng
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, ON.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, ON.))
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/440