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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benmelech, Efraim, Bergman, Nittai
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Economic Association 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87601
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6486-333X

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