Tightening Financial Frictions on Households, Recessions, and Price Reallocations

B-Tier
Journal: Review of Economic Dynamics
Year: 2015
Volume: 18
Issue: 1
Pages: 118-139

Score contribution per author:

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

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We explore the effects of financial shocks in heterogeneous agent economies with aggregate savings and with frictions in some consumption markets, where demand contributes to productivity. Households of various wealth and earnings levels search for goods at different intensities and pay different prices in differently crowded markets. Increases in savings arising from a financial shock that tightens the borrowing limit trigger a recession via

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:red:issued:14-45
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29