01720cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009774 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451868746 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Zhou, Yong Sarah. Capital Flows and Economic Fluctuations : The Role of Commercial Banks in Transmitting Shocks / Yong Sarah Zhou. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (30 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper uses a general equilibrium model to examine the central role played by commercial banks in intermediating and amplifying the capital flow shocks to the local economy in the 1997 Asia financial crisis. It finds that a sudden stop of capital inflows affects the equilibrium credit supply through two channels: first, the plunge of foreign financing decreases the loanable funds directly; and second the sudden stop drives up the cost of providing banking services, thereby additionally reducing the available bank credit to firms through a "deposit run". Empirical results from a VAR model broadly support the theoretical implications. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/012 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/012/001.2008.issue-012-en.xml IMF e-Library