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January 13, 2017

Roberto Chang on the impact of low interest rates on emerging markets

An interview at the 2017 AEA poster session

Roberto Chang is a professor at Rutgers University. He sat down with the AEA to discuss what has happened with global interest rates since the Great Recession and how that has affected demand for bonds and bank loans in emerging markets.

Bond Finance, Bank Credit, and Aggregate Fluctuations in an Open Economy

Corporate sectors in emerging market economies have increased noticeably their reliance on foreign financing, presumably reflecting low global interest rates. This trend has largely reflected increased bond issuance by emerging economies' firms, in contrast to the bank loans that dominated . . .

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