E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook

• Financial Crisis Resolution

  Staff Working Paper 2012-42 Josef Schroth

  This paper studies a dynamic version of the Holmstrom-Tirole model of intermediated finance. I show that competitive equilibria are not constrained efficient when the economy experiences a financial crisis. A pecuniary externality entails that banks’ desire to accumulate capital over time aggravates the scarcity of informed capital during the financial crisis.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial markets, Financial system regulation and policies JEL Code(s): D, D5, D53, E, E6, E60, G, G0, G01, G1, G10, G18

• House Price Dynamics: Fundamentals and Expectations

  Staff Working Paper 2012-12 Eleonora Granziera, Sharon Kozicki

  We investigate whether expectations that are not fully rational have the potential to explain the evolution of house prices and the price-to-rent ratio in the United States.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Asset pricing, Domestic demand and components, Economic models JEL Code(s): E, E3, E6, E65, R, R2, R21

• Macroprudential Rules and Monetary Policy when Financial Frictions Matter

  Staff Working Paper 2012-6 Jeannine Bailliu, Césaire Meh, Yahong Zhang

  This paper examines the interaction between monetary policy and macroprudential policy and whether policy makers should respond to financial imbalances. To address this issue, we build a dynamic general equilibrium model that features financial market frictions and financial shocks as well as standard macroeconomic shocks.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Financial markets, Financial stability, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): E, E4, E42, E5, E50, E6, E60