Essays in applied macroeconomic theory : volatility, spreads, and unconventional monetary policy tools

This thesis contains three essays that employ macroeconomic theory to study the implications of volatility, financial frictions and reserve requirements. The first essay uses an imperfect information model where agents solve a signal extraction problem to study the effect of volatility on the econom...

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Main Author: Vega, Hugo
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579443