Čt 07.04.2011 | 16:30 | Macro Research Seminar

“Quantity Rationing of Credit and the Phillips Curve”

Čt 07.04.2011

“Quantity Rationing of Credit and the Phillips Curve”

Dr. George Waters

Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA

Abstract: Quantity rationing of credit, when some firms are denied loans, has macroeconomics effects not fully captured by measures of borrowing costs. This paper develops a monetary DSGE model with quantity rationing and derives a Phillips Curve relation where inflation dynamics depend on cyclical unemployment, a risk premium and the fraction of firms receiving financing. Unemployment arising from disruptions in credit flows is defined to be cyclical. GMM estimates using data from a survey of bank managers confirms the importance of these variables for inflation dynamics.


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