Does Dodd Frank Act Affect Macroeconomic Variables?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1956/jge.v12i2.434Keywords:
Financial regulations, macroeconomic outcomes, GDP growth, private investment, unemployment rateAbstract
The introduction of Dodd Frank Act has induced lots of controversy among economists on its macroeconomic outcomes; though some see it is a necessary piece of legislation, which can avoid future financial crisis, many think it is detrimental to private investment and employment. To see how the Act affect real macroeconomic variables such as GDP growth, investment, and unemployment rate, this study implements econometric models with time series data over the period of 1990-2015 to estimate how financial regulations in general and Dodd Frank Act in particular affects the above-mentioned variables. The results of this study suggest that the Act has a negative significant impact on GDP growth, private investment, and unemployment rate. Â Â Â
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https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/feds/2014/files/201485pap.pdf
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https://www.oecd.org/eco/growth/40505986.pdf
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http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/651322.pdf
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http://ftp.iza.org/dp4075.pdf
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Hagedorn M., F. Karahan, I. Manovskii, & K. Mittman (2015). Unemployment benefits and unemployment in the Great Recession: The role of macro effects, Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Retrieved from:
https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/staff_reports/sr646.pdf
Haidar, J. I. (2012). The impact of business regulatory reforms on economic growth, Journal of Japanese and International Economies, Vol 26, PP 285-307. Retrieved from:
http://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/docs/haidar-jamal-ibrahim/jjie.pdf
Jomini P. (2011). Effects of inappropriate financial regulation, Science Po, Groupe d’ Economie Mondiale, Policy Brief March 2011. Retrieved from:
http://gem.sciences-po.fr/content/publications/pdf/Jomini_FinancialRegulation032011.pdf
La Porta R., F. De Silanes & A. Shleifer (2002). Government ownership of banks, The Journal of Finance, Vol 57, No.1. Retrieved from:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1540-6261.00422/abstract
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https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp1265.pdf
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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1920441
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https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34742.pdf
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http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2011/9/cj31n3-12.pdf
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25.06.2016
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Kalbasi Anaraki, N. (2016) “Does Dodd Frank Act Affect Macroeconomic Variables?”, Journal of Global Economy, 12(2), pp. 93–100. doi: 10.1956/jge.v12i2.434.
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