Sooner or Later: Timing of Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Risk-Taking

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Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2016
Volume: 106
Issue: 5
Pages: 490-95

Authors (3)

Dong Beom Choi (not in RePEc) Thomas M. Eisenbach (Federal Reserve Bank of New Yo...) Tanju Yorulmazer (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

2.681 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

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

Abstract

We analyze the effects and interactions of monetary policy tools that differ in terms of their timing and their targeting. In a model with heterogeneous agents, more productive agents endogenously expose themselves to higher interim liquidity risk by borrowing and investing more. Two inefficiencies impair the transmission of monetary policy: an investment- and a hoarding inefficiency. Heterogeneous agents respond disparately to ex-ante, conventional and ex-post, unconventional monetary policy. However, we show that the two policies are equivalent due to the endogeneity of hoarding. In contrast, targeted interventions such as discount-window lending can alleviate both inefficiencies at the same time.

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RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:106:y:2016:i:5:p:490-95
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25