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We estimate a Heterogeneous-Agent New Keynesian model with sticky household expectations that matches existing …
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on the joint determination of expectations and macroeconomic outcomes. We review and synthesize recent work on global …
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An aggregate demand - aggregate supply framework is used to analyze the effects of Japanese monetary policy, 1973:1-1990:8. It is found that money supply shocks contribute relatively little to output variability over the sample as a whole. Nor do these shocks seem to be particularly marked...
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This paper discusses empirical approaches macroeconomists use to answer questions like: What does monetary policy do? How large are the effects of fiscal stimulus? What caused the Great Recession? Why do some countries grow faster than others? Identification of causal effects plays two roles in...
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significant role of expectations of future policy actions in the monetary transmission mechanism, and the importance for the …
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policy analysis, researchers should use a menu cost model like ours or at least a third, theory-based shortcut: set the Calvo …
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monetary policy. The theory unifies an endogenous supply of illiquid local loans and risk-sharing among subsidiaries of bank …
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This paper develops and analyzes a general-equilibrium model with sticky information. The only rigidity in goods, labor, and financial markets is that agents are inattentive, sporadically updating their information sets, when setting prices, wages, and consumption. After presenting the...
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This article surveys the macroeconomic implications of financial frictions. Financial frictions lead to persistence and when combined with illiquidity to non-linear amplification effects. Risk is endogenous and liquidity spirals cause financial instability. Increasing margins further restrict...
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This paper develops a theory of expectations-driven business cycles based on learning. Agents have incomplete knowledge … about how market prices are determined and shifts in expectations of future prices affect dynamics. In a real business cycle … consumption and leisure. Output volatility is comparable with a rational expectations analysis with a standard deviation of …
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