Financial Crisis and a Transmission Mechanism of External Shocks: The Signaling Role of the Korean Monetary Stabilization Bond

38 Pages Posted: 3 May 2012

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Jinyong Kim

KAIST College of Business

Yong-Cheol Kim

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Date Written: April 1, 2012

Abstract

This paper explores a transmission mechanism of an exogenous shock to domestic financial markets by investigating the potential signaling role of the Monetary Stabilization Bond (MSB) spread together with several financial variables in Korea. The MSB spread widened and became more volatile during the crisis period after the variance change point at the end of 2007, when the causality relationships between the key variables became apparent. The empirical results illustrate that a foreign shock, which directly leads to rapid short-term capital flow and foreign exchange rate fluctuation, is likely to have a significant contagion effect on domestic financial markets in the case where it has a sizable negative impact on national foreign reserve holdings. The MSB is a monetary policy instrument for foreign exchange reserve management, and the daily observable MSB spread is a timelier signal in this transmission channel.

Keywords: monetary stabilization bond, signaling role, financial crisis, transmission mechanism, short-term capital flows, foreign exchange reserves

JEL Classification: F42, G12

Suggested Citation

Kim, Jinyong and Kim, Yong-Cheol, Financial Crisis and a Transmission Mechanism of External Shocks: The Signaling Role of the Korean Monetary Stabilization Bond (April 1, 2012). KAIST College of Business Working Paper Series No. 2012-003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2050207 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2050207

Jinyong Kim (Contact Author)

KAIST College of Business ( email )

Graduate School of Finance and Accounting
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Korea

Yong-Cheol Kim

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ( email )

School of Business Administration
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Milwaukee, WI 53201-0742
United States
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