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Macroeconomic Effects of the Interest Rate Level: Growth and Fluctuations in an Economy with Bank Capital Adequacy Standards

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A large part of the macroeconomic literature is dedicated to identifying the determinants of two phenomena: the growth and fluctuations of the aggregate output. Among the proposed explanations, the one concerning financial factors (see Gertler, 1988, for a survey) is that adopted in this study.

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Giulioni, G. (2007). Macroeconomic Effects of the Interest Rate Level: Growth and Fluctuations in an Economy with Bank Capital Adequacy Standards. In: Consiglio, A. (eds) Artificial Markets Modeling. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 599. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73135-1_2

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