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Macroeconomic fluctuations with HANK & SAM: an analytical approach

Ravn, Morten O. and Sterk, Vincent (2016) Macroeconomic fluctuations with HANK & SAM: an analytical approach. CFM discussion paper series (CFM-DP2016-33). Centre For Macroeconomics, London, UK.

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Abstract

New Keynesian models with unemployment and incomplete markets are rapidly becoming a new workhorse model in macroeconomics. Such models typically require heavy computational methods which may obscure intuition and overlook equilibria. We present a tractable version which can be characterized analytically. Our results highlight that ñdue the interaction between incomplete markets, sticky prices and endogenous unemployment risk ñproductivity shocks may have radically di§erent e§ects than in traditional NK models, that the Taylor principle may fail, and that pessimistic beliefs may be self-fulÖlling and move the economy into temporary episodes of low demand and high unemployment, as well as into a long-lasting ìunemployment trapî. At the Zero Lower Bound, the presence of endogenous unemployment risk can create ináation and overturn paradoxical properties of the model. We further study Önancial asset prices and show that non-negligible risk premia emerge.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://www.centreformacroeconomics.ac.uk/Home.aspx
Additional Information: © 2016 The Authors
Divisions: Centre for Macroeconomics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
JEL classification: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E1 - General Aggregative Models > E10 - General
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 > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment > E24 - Macroeconomics: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution (includes wage indexation)
E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E30 - General
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: 12 Dec 2017 12:02
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 23:40
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86177

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