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On the structural interpretation of the Smets-Wouters "risk premium" shock
This article shows that the "risk premium" shock in Smets and Wouters (2007) can be interpreted as a structural shock to the demand for safe and liquid assets such as short-term US Treasury securities. Several implications of this interpretation are discussed.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2014-08
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Wirtschaft
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General
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Smets-Wouters model
safe and liquid assets
money demand
risk premium shock
New Keynesian model
DSGE
flight-to-quality
liquidity preference
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Fisher, Jonas D. M.
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Veröffentlichung
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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Chicago, IL
- (when)
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2014
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Fisher, Jonas D. M.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Time of origin
- 2014