Joao Rudge Leite
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jrudgele@ur.rochester.edu

PhD Candidate
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

About

I am an Economics PhD Candidate at the University of Rochester. I will be on the Job Market in 2024-2025.

My research interests are in Macroeconomics, Banking, and International Finance.




Job Market Paper

"Heterogeneous Banks and Transmission of Monetary Policy"

This paper analyzes the importance of heterogeneity in banks' funding on the transmission of monetary policy shocks. Banks fund themselves with liabilities that differ in their maturity structure. Empirically, I find that banks whose liabilities have longer maturity are less responsive to monetary shocks. I interpret this finding using a heterogeneous-banks macroeconomic model with endogenous default and funding choices. The maturity choice arises from banks' inability to freely raise debt, either by limited commitment or regulation. Long-term liabilities enable these banks to avoid states with low liquidity, but at a higher funding cost. Using this framework, I assess the aggregate implications of monetary shocks and provide quantitative evidence that the effect of monetary policy depends on the distribution of banks' funding structure, which varies over time and depends on the interest level.