Essays on monetary economics

This thesis consists of three chapters on monetary economics. In the first chapter, I explore if a benchmark Heterogeneous Agent New Keynesian (HANK) model fits the heterogeneous response of monetary policy shocks observed in data. The HANK model of Kaplan et al. (2018) predicts a greater increase i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Evans, Christopher Michael
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/670222
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670222
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Monetary economics
Economia monetària
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Sumario:This thesis consists of three chapters on monetary economics. In the first chapter, I explore if a benchmark Heterogeneous Agent New Keynesian (HANK) model fits the heterogeneous response of monetary policy shocks observed in data. The HANK model of Kaplan et al. (2018) predicts a greater increase in income for wealthier households than poorer households from an expansionary monetary policy shock, which is at odds with empirical data. I innovate on the profit distribution scheme in the model to bring the distributional response from a monetary policy shock closer to the empirical evidence. In the second chapter, I analyse how adding downward nominal wage rigidities to a standard New Keynesian model changes the response of the economy to shocks. In the third chapter, which is joint work with Luca Onorante, we explore the effectiveness of bond and corporate security purchases by a central bank within a calibrated two-country New Keynesian model featuring a banking sector.