Arbeitspapier

Heterogeneous consumers, segmented asset markets, and the effects of monetary policy

This paper examines the implications of segmented assets markets for the real and nominal effects of monetary policy. I develop a model, in which varieties of consumption bundles are purchased sequentially. Newly injected money thus disseminates slowly through the economy via second-round effects and induces a non-degenerate, long-lasting heterogeneity in wealth. As a result, the effective elasticity of substitution differs across households, affecting optimal markups chosen by producers. In line with empirical evidence, the model predicts a short-term inflation-output trade-off, a liquidity effect, countercyclical markups, and procyclical profits and wages after monetary shocks.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Bonn Econ Discussion Papers ; No. 08/2010

Classification
Wirtschaft
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers
Subject
Segmented Asset Markets
Monetary Policy
Countercyclical Markups
Liquidity Effect
Limited Participation
Geldpolitik
Transmissionsmechanismus
Agent-based Model
Konsumentenverhalten
Kapitalanlage
Vermögenseffekt
Extensives Spiel
Mark-up Pricing
Inflation
Konjunktur
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Enders, Zeno
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2010

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Enders, Zeno
  • University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)

Time of origin

  • 2010

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