Monetary policy, firm heterogeneity, and product variety

This study provides new insights on the allocative effect of monetary policy. It shows that contractionary monetary policy exerts a non-trivial reallocation effect by cleansing unproductive firms and enhancing aggregate productivity. At the same time, however, reallocation involves a reduction in th...

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Main Authors: Zanetti, F, Hamano, M
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2020