Liquidity needs and vulnerability to financial udnerdevelopment, Vol. 1 of 1

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Liquidity needs and vulnerability to financial udnerdevelopment

Author:	Raddatz, Claudio;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3161
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2003/12/15
Document Date:	2003/11/30	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS3161	SubTopics:	Payment Systems & Infrastructure; Economic Theory & Research; Markets and Market Access; Financial Crisis Management & Restructuring; Fiscal & Monetary Policy; Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The author provides evidence of a causal and economically important effect of financial development on volatility. In contrast to the existing literature, the identification strategy is based on the differences in sensitivities to financial conditions across industries. The results show that sectors with larger liquidity needs are more volatile and experience deeper crises in financially underdeveloped countries. At the macroeconomic level, the results suggest that changes in financial development can generate important differences in aggregate volatility. The author also finds that financially underdeveloped countries partially protect themselves from volatility by concentrating less output in sectors with large liquidity needs. Nevertheless, this insulation mechanism seems to be insufficient to reverse the effects of financial underdevelopment on within-sector volatility. Finally, the author provides new evidence that: 1) Financial development affects volatility mainly through the intensive margin (output per firm). 2) Both the quality of information generated by firms, and the development of financial intermediaries have independent effects on sectoral volatility. 3) The development of financial intermediaries is more important than the development of equity markets for the reduction of volatility.


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