This paper shows that increased volatility of Örm-level productivity can push the nominal interest rate to its lower bound with large amplification effects on macroeconomic aggregates. The framework combines a simple canonical Önancial accelerator model, time varying risk shocks, and a zero...

Diese Dissertation umfasst drei Studien, in denen die Übertragung makroökonomischer Schocks auf die Realwirtschaft sowie die Identifikation von Kreditangebot im Kontext dieser Schocks behandelt werden. Im ersten Teil der Dissertation wird eine Ereignisstudie eingesetzt, um die...

Using regionally disaggregated data on economic activity, we show that risk sharing plays a key role in shaping the real effects of monetary policy. With weak risk sharing, monetary policy shocks trigger a strong and durable response in output. With strong risk sharing, the response is...

We investigate the relationship between inflation uncertainty and monetary policy transmission in the U.S. economy. Monetary policy shocks are identified within the framework of nonlinear structural factor-augmented VARs which allow us to analyze several complementary hypotheses connecting IU...