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Do asset prices affect real activity? This question has taken on a new importance in recent years, as asset values first surged at the end of 1990s and, thereafter, dramatically retreated. This report reviews the available theoretical and empirical evidence regarding asset price and wealth...
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typical estimations. In this paper, we show how heterogeneity in pricing behavior is relevant to both questions. We detail the … data, can be fully attributable to a heterogeneity bias. JEL Classification: C10, C22, E31, E52 …
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This paper examines heterogeneity in price stickiness using a large, original, set of individual price data collected …. The main findings are the following: i ) cross-product and cross-outlet-type heterogeneity in both the shape of the hazard …
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The aim of this study is to assess empirically to what extent the degree of heterogeneity of consumers’ inflation …
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The paper shows that there is a substantial degree of heterogeneity in forecast accuracy among Fed watchers. Based on a … basis points between the best and worst-performers across the sample. This heterogeneity is found to be related to both the … anticipating monetary policy. Moreover, systematic forecaster heterogeneity is economically important as it leads to greater …
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This paper studies optimal monetary policy responses in an economy featuring sectorial heterogeneity in the frequency …
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involving multiple central banking traditions. How does this heterogeneity affect the ability of economic agents to understand … banking in the past. In large part this heterogeneity can be traced to differences in forecasting models. While some …
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This paper proposes a general equilibrium model with heterogeneous households and a financial market where each financial instrument provides liquidity services in addition to enabling a transfer of purchasing power over time. Importantly, liquidity services may be asymmetric according to...
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The paper analyses the heterogeneity in the link between macroeconomic fundamentals and exchange rates. For a set of … exchange rate configurations over the past 25 years. Despite a significant decline over time, this heterogeneity remains high … effective US dollar exchange rate. The paper finds that this heterogeneity is not only due to policy choices of inflexible …
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We present a dynamic general equilibrium model with agency costs, where heterogeneous firms choose among two alternative instruments of external finance - corporate bonds and bank loans. We characterize the financing choice of firms and the endogenous financial structure of the economy. The...
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