We argue that financial frictions and financial shocks can be an important factor behind the slow recoveries from the three most recent recessions. To illustrate this point, we augment a simple RBC model with a collateral constraint whose tightness is randomly disturbed by a shock that...

We present an RBC model with a collateral constraint whose tightness is randomly disturbed by a financial shock and evidence that such shock has become more persistent since 1980s. We show that this can be an important contributor to the recent slow recoveries, and a key mechanism may have to do...

We argue that financial frictions and financial shocks can be an important factor behind the slow recoveries from the three most recent recessions. To illustrate this point, we augment a simple RBC model with a collateral constraint whose tightness is randomly disturbed by a shock that...