Heterogeneity in macroeconomics and its implications for monetary policy /

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Author / Creator:Schnell, Fabian, author.
Imprint:Wiesbaden : Springer Gabler, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 166 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Research
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11093466
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ISBN:9783658097318
3658097310
9783658097301
3658097302
9783658097301
Notes:"Dissertation, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2014."
Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 6, 2015).
Summary:Fabian Schnell develops a model indicating that by keeping real interest rates too low, monetary policy can distort the allocation of resources across firms and potentially delay economic recovery after a recession. This is a new channel of monetary policy that is especially relevant in view of "Quantitative Easing" programs. A second model focuses on the short-term implications of heterogeneously productive firms, showing an acceleration effect of technology shocks. Finally, an empirical investigation of firms' price-setting behaviors shows that time-dependent factors, relative to state-depen.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783658097301
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-658-09731-8