Credit Traps
This paper studies the limitations of monetary policy in stimulating credit and investment. We show that, under certain circumstances, unconventional monetary policies fail in that liquidity injections into the banking sector are hoarded and not lent out. We use the term "credit traps" to...
Main Authors: | Benmelech, Efraim, Bergman, Nittai |
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Other Authors: | Sloan School of Management |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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American Economic Association
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87601 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6486-333X |
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