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Title: International Credit Flows and Pecuniary Externalities

Author(s): Markus K Brunnermeier and Yuliy Sannikov

Publication Date: January 2015

Keyword(s): hot money, international capital flows, international credit flows, pecuniary externalities, sudden stops and terms of trade hedge

Programme Area(s): Financial Economics and International Macroeconomics

Abstract: This paper develops a dynamic two-country neoclassical stochastic growth model with incomplete markets. Short-term credit flows can be excessive and reverse suddenly. The equilibrium outcome is constrained inefficient due to pecuniary externalities. First, an undercapitalized country borrows too much since each firm does not internalize that an increase in production capacity undermines their output price, worsening their terms of trade. From an ex-ante perspective each firm undermines the natural ?terms of trade hedge.? Second, sudden stops and fire sales lead to sharp price drops of illiquid capital. Capital controls or domestic macro-prudential measures that limit short-term borrowing can improve welfare.

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Brunnermeier, M and Sannikov, Y. 2015. 'International Credit Flows and Pecuniary Externalities'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=10339