Authors: Kirchner, Markus
Rieth, Malte
Title: Sovereign risk and macroeconomic fluctuations in an emerging market economy
Language (ISO): en
Abstract: This paper assesses the role of sovereign risk in explaining macroeconomic fluctuations in Turkey. We estimate two versions of a simple New Keynesian small open economy model on quarterly data for the period 1994Q3-2008Q2: A basic version and a version augmented by a default premium on government debt due to a perceived risk of sovereign debt default. Model comparisons clearly support the augmented version since it leads to stronger internal propagation and hence smaller shocks are required in order to reconcile the observed dynamics of nominal and real variables, leading to better forecasting performance. The estimated default probability is highly debt-elastic, indicating that default fears are a relevant concern. The results suggest that the augmented model may lead to a better understanding of macroeconomic fluctuations in emerging market economies that are subject to sovereign risk. In terms of policy implications, counterfactual experiments show that both more active monetary policy and stronger fiscal feedbacks from debt on taxes can lead to less volatile inflation and debt dynamics, but higher debt feedbacks on taxation additionally reduce expected default rates. JEL classification: E10; E30; E63; H30
Subject Headings: Emerging market economy
Macroeconomic fluctuation
Monetary and fiscal policy
Small open economy model
Sovereign default risk monetary and fiscal policy
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2003/27524
http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-8129
Issue Date: 2010-12-08
Appears in Collections:Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 823

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