Liquidity traps and monetary policy: Managing a credit crunch

  • Francisco J. Buera
  • , Juan Pablo Nicolini

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    Abstract

    We study a model with heterogeneous producers that face collateral and cash-in-advance constraints. A tightening of the collateral constraint results in a credit-crunch-generated recession that reproduces some features of the financial crisis that unraveled in 2007 in the United States. We use the model to study the effects, following a credit crunch, of alternative monetary and fiscal policies.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)110-138
    Number of pages29
    JournalAmerican Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
    Volume12
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jul 1 2020

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