Transmission of Monetary Policy with Heterogeneity in Household Portfolios

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Ralph Luetticke, University College London

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Project Citation:

Luetticke, Ralph. Transmission of Monetary Policy with Heterogeneity in Household Portfolios. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-03-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/E117644V1

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Summary:

This paper assesses the importance of heterogeneity in household portfolios for the transmission of monetary policy in a New Keyne- sian business cycle model with uninsurable income risk and assets with different liquidity. In this environment, monetary transmis- sion works through investment, but redistribution lowers the elas- ticity of investment via two channels: 1) heterogeneity in marginal propensities to invest, 2) time variation in the liquidity premium. Monetary contractions redistribute to wealthy households who have high propensities to invest and a low marginal value of liquidity, thereby stabilizing investment. I provide empirical evidence for counter-cyclical liquidity premia and heterogeneity in household portfolio responses.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: monetary policy; general equilibrium; heterogeneous agents

JEL Classification:
      E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
      E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
      E52 Monetary Policy

Data Type(s): aggregate data; observational data; program source code

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