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The European debt crisis and U.S. economic growth
Peralta-Alva, Adrian; Banternghansa, Chanont (2010)
The recent strengthening of the correlations between U.S. GDP growth and that of Mexico, Canada, and Euro-19 validates further consideration of the performance of U.S. trade partners for growth.
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Construction and the Great Recession
Peralta-Alva, Adrian (2011)
The boom in real estate prices during the early 2000s and the subsequent bust were key factors underlying the recessions in the United States and Europe.
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Searching for the financial accelerator: how credit affects the business cycle
Peralta-Alva, Adrian (2011)
Firms started repaying their debts during 2008-2009, and they did so while simultaneously accumulating highly liquid assets. These two observations are puzzling if one believes firms are purportedly starving for credit but cannot obtain it.
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Households during the Great Recession: the financial accelerator in action?
Peralta-Alva, Adrian (2011)
Households are the sector that the financial accelerator appears to have hit hardest, according to the data.
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Jobless recoveries or jobless growth?
Peralta-Alva, Adrian (2011)
Jobless recoveries since 2000 may be attributed to a slowdown in the long-term employment trend.
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The effects of wealth bubbles on consumption
Peralta-Alva, Adrian (2012)
Changes in wealth, according to our simple calculations, can account for almost all of the observed consumption fluctuations of the past two decades.
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Has the recent real estate bubble biased the output gap?
Peralta-Alva, Adrian; Banternghansa, Chanont (2009)
We offer a word of caution to policymakers: Policies based on point estimates of the output gap may not rest on solid ground.
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Can trade links transmit a European crisis?
Peralta-Alva, Adrian; Auerbach, Jan (2012)
A GIIPS crisis wouldn't have too strong an effect on the U.S. economy, but an EU-wide crisis may be a serious concern.
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The U.S. financial sector's value added: trends now and then
Peralta-Alva, Adrian; Banternghansa, Chanont (2009)
The U.S. financial growth between 1995 and 2006 certainly translated into record-high shareholder returns. Labor compensation returns were also dramatically high at the onset of the current crisis.
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Real estate bubbles and weak recoveries
Peralta-Alva, Adrian (2011)
The slow economic recovery may be, at least in part, the natural result of the real estate bubble.
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