Monetary Non-Neutrality in a Multisector Economy: The Role of Risk-Sharing

B-Tier
Journal: Review of Economic Dynamics
Year: 2025
Volume: 55

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

We show that the degree of risk-sharing among heterogeneous workers is a key determinant of monetary non-neutrality in a multisector sticky-price model. In this framework, workers are employed across different sectors, earning distinct wages. The limited ability of workers to fully insure against labor income risks results in strategic complementarity in firms' price-setting decisions with respect to aggregate shocks and strategic substitutability with respect to idiosyncratic shocks. These pricing interactions lead to sluggish adjustments of the price level in response to monetary and other aggregate shocks, causing significant fluctuations in the output gap while maintaining large responses of individual prices to idiosyncratic shocks. We illustrate these results across three stylized asset market scenarios: complete markets, non-contingent bond-only markets, and financial autarky. (Copyright: Elsevier)

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:red:issued:24-14
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25