Heterogeneity in Macroeconomics and its Implications for Monetary Policy
ISBN:
978-3-658-09730-1
Auflage:
2015
Verlag:
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Springer Gabler
Land des Verlags:
Deutschland
Erscheinungsdatum:
07.05.2015
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
166
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Fabian Schnell develops a model indicating that by keeping real interest rates too low, monetary policy can distort the allocation of resources across firms and potentially delay economic recovery after a recession. This is a new channel of monetary policy that is especially relevant in view of “Quantitative Easing” programs. A second model focuses on the short-term implications of heterogeneously productive firms, showing an acceleration effect of technology shocks. Finally, an empirical investigation of firms’ price-setting behaviors shows that time-dependent factors, relative to state-dependent ones, play a small role with respect to the probability and the size of a price change. All results provide new insights for monetary policy.
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Biografische Anmerkung
Fabian Schnell, Ph.D., works as a research associate at the University of St. Gallen and as a project leader for economic policy at economiesuisse, the Swiss Business Federation.
