Ferrante, Francesco; Paustian, Matthias - 2019
We develop an incomplete-markets heterogeneous agent New-Keynesian (HANK) model in which households are allowed to lend … representative agent new- Keynesian model (RANK) or in a HANK model without private debt. First, expected lower rates imply a future … liquidity trap, and can make forward guidance more powerful in a HANK model than in a RANK framework. These results contrast …