A further look at the propagation of monetary policy shocks in HANK

Alves, Felipe, Kaplan, Greg, Moll, Ben ORCID: 0009-0003-6067-359X and Violente, Gianluca (2020) A further look at the propagation of monetary policy shocks in HANK. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 52 (S2). 521 - 559. ISSN 0022-2879

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We provide quantitative guidance on whether and to what extent different elements of Heterogeneous Agent New Keynesian (HANK) models amplify or dampen the response of aggregate consumption to a monetary policy shock. We emphasize four findings. First, the introduction of capital adjustment costs does not affect the aggregate response, but does change the transmission mechanism so that a larger share of indirect effects originates from equity prices rather than from labor income. Second, incorporating estimated unequal incidence functions for aggregate labor income fluctuations leads to either amplification or dampening, depending on the data and estimation methods. Third, distribution rules for monopoly profits that allocate a larger share to liquid assets lead to greater amplification. Fourth, assumptions about the fiscal reaction to a monetary policy shock have a stronger effect on the aggregate consumption response than any of the other three elements.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15384616
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Ohio State University
Divisions:	Economics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HG Finance
JEL classification:	D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D14 - Personal Finance D - Microeconomics > D3 - Distribution > D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment > E21 - Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Aggregate Physical and Financial Consumer Wealth E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E52 - Monetary Policy (Targets, Instruments, and Effects)
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2020 11:03
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2024 22:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107420

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