Safe Asset Scarcity and Aggregate Demand

We explore the consequences of safe asset scarcity on aggregate demand in a stylized IS-LM/Mundell Fleming style environment. Acute safe asset scarcity forces the economy into a "safety trap" recession. In the open economy, safe asset scarcity spreads from one country to the other via capi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Farhi, Emmanuel, Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier, Caballero, Ricardo J
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Economic Association 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110283
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2760-451X