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Financial Frictions, Asset Prices, and the Great Recession Zhen Huo and Jos e-V ctor R os-Rull University of Minnesota, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, CAERP , CEPR, NBER London Business School November 19 2014 First Version


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Financial Frictions, Asset Prices, and the Great Recession

Zhen Huo and Jos´ e-V´ ıctor R´ ıos-Rull

University of Minnesota, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, CAERP , CEPR, NBER

London Business School

November 19 2014

First Version April 2013

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Facts on the last recession: I

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6

Real output

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Unemployment

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 −10 −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6

Consumption

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 −40 −30 −20 −10 10 20 30

Investment

Note: Except for unemployment, figures show percentage deviation from a linear trend.

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Facts on the last recession: II

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 3.6 3.8 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 5

Wealth to output

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75 0.8

Debt to output

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8

Housing value to output

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3 4

Labor Quality adjusted Productivity

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Facts on the last recession: III

More

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 −4 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3

TFP with total hours

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3 4

Labor productivity

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 −1 −0.8 −0.6 −0.4 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8

Labor quality

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3 4

TFP with total labor inputs

Note: Figures show percentage deviation from a linear trend.

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Summary of the facts

Large decline in output, employment, consumption, and investment.

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Summary of the facts

Large decline in output, employment, consumption, and investment. Households deleveraging process: private debt and housing price plunged.

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Summary of the facts

Large decline in output, employment, consumption, and investment. Households deleveraging process: private debt and housing price plunged. Total factor productivity dropped.

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Objective: When can recessions be triggered by worse financial conditions faced by households?

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Objective: When can recessions be triggered by worse financial conditions faced by households?

1

Real frictions that make difficult to switch from production of consumption goods to exports or investment. Labor market frictions that limit wage adjustments.

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Objective: When can recessions be triggered by worse financial conditions faced by households?

1

Real frictions that make difficult to switch from production of consumption goods to exports or investment. Labor market frictions that limit wage adjustments.

2

Households differing in wealth and job market prospects.

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Objective: When can recessions be triggered by worse financial conditions faced by households?

1

Real frictions that make difficult to switch from production of consumption goods to exports or investment. Labor market frictions that limit wage adjustments.

2

Households differing in wealth and job market prospects.

3

Asset prices respond to market conditions: Both housing prices and the Stock Market are Endogenous

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Objective: When can recessions be triggered by worse financial conditions faced by households?

1

Real frictions that make difficult to switch from production of consumption goods to exports or investment. Labor market frictions that limit wage adjustments.

2

Households differing in wealth and job market prospects.

3

Asset prices respond to market conditions: Both housing prices and the Stock Market are Endogenous

4

A financial system used widely by not-too-rich households to buy houses (loans have to be collateralized) which are inferior goods and not wanted by the super-rich.

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Objective: When can recessions be triggered by worse financial conditions faced by households?

1

Real frictions that make difficult to switch from production of consumption goods to exports or investment. Labor market frictions that limit wage adjustments.

2

Households differing in wealth and job market prospects.

3

Asset prices respond to market conditions: Both housing prices and the Stock Market are Endogenous

4

A financial system used widely by not-too-rich households to buy houses (loans have to be collateralized) which are inferior goods and not wanted by the super-rich.

5

Frictions in the goods market generate movements in measured TFP.

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Objective: When can recessions be triggered by worse financial conditions faced by households?

1

Real frictions that make difficult to switch from production of consumption goods to exports or investment. Labor market frictions that limit wage adjustments.

2

Households differing in wealth and job market prospects.

3

Asset prices respond to market conditions: Both housing prices and the Stock Market are Endogenous

4

A financial system used widely by not-too-rich households to buy houses (loans have to be collateralized) which are inferior goods and not wanted by the super-rich.

5

Frictions in the goods market generate movements in measured TFP. We extend [Huo and R´

ıos-Rull(2013a)] and [Huo and R´ ıos-Rull(2013b)] [Bai, R´ ıos-Rull, and Storesletten(2011)] [Petrosky-Nadeau and Wasmer(2011)] in various

ways to include a production sector and asset prices that allows us to talk about the U.S. recession.

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Findings

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Findings

A recession can be triggered by financial shocks to households.

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Findings

A recession can be triggered by financial shocks to households. It shares most of the features of the Great Recession.

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Findings

A recession can be triggered by financial shocks to households. It shares most of the features of the Great Recession. Large reductions in assets (housing and stocks) prices.

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Findings

A recession can be triggered by financial shocks to households. It shares most of the features of the Great Recession. Large reductions in assets (housing and stocks) prices. Lower than the data due to inexistence of default, foreclosures, and adjustment costs in house purchases.

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Model

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Households: Preferences

Continuum of households that live forever (β), are subject to uninsurable idiosyncratic and aggregate shocks.

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Households: Preferences

Continuum of households that live forever (β), are subject to uninsurable idiosyncratic and aggregate shocks. H’holds care about quantities and number of varieties of nontradables. cN = IN c

1 ρ

Ni di

ρ = cNi Iρ

N

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Households: Preferences

Continuum of households that live forever (β), are subject to uninsurable idiosyncratic and aggregate shocks. H’holds care about quantities and number of varieties of nontradables. cN = IN c

1 ρ

Ni di

ρ = cNi Iρ

N

Households have to search for varieties, its number is a choice. IN = d Ψd(Qg)

Ψd(Qg): Probability (per search unit) of finding a variety.

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Households: Preferences

Continuum of households that live forever (β), are subject to uninsurable idiosyncratic and aggregate shocks. H’holds care about quantities and number of varieties of nontradables. cN = IN c

1 ρ

Ni di

ρ = cNi Iρ

N

Households have to search for varieties, its number is a choice. IN = d Ψd(Qg)

Ψd(Qg): Probability (per search unit) of finding a variety.

Households also like tradables and housing and dislike goods searching u [cA(cN Iρ

N, cT ), h, d]

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Households: Endowments and Wealth

Household skill type is ǫ, follows a Markov chain Γǫ,ǫ′. Moves slowly and accommodates opportunities to get rich.

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Households: Endowments and Wealth

Household skill type is ǫ, follows a Markov chain Γǫ,ǫ′. Moves slowly and accommodates opportunities to get rich. Households either have a job e = 1 or not e = 0.

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Households: Endowments and Wealth

Household skill type is ǫ, follows a Markov chain Γǫ,ǫ′. Moves slowly and accommodates opportunities to get rich. Households either have a job e = 1 or not e = 0.

Type-dependent exogenous job destruction rate δǫ

n.

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Households: Endowments and Wealth

Household skill type is ǫ, follows a Markov chain Γǫ,ǫ′. Moves slowly and accommodates opportunities to get rich. Households either have a job e = 1 or not e = 0.

Type-dependent exogenous job destruction rate δǫ

n.

Job finding rate is type independent and depends on job creation by firms (workers are rationed, it is like no matching function in labor market but hiring costs) ([Fang and Nie(2013)]).

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Households: Endowments and Wealth

Household skill type is ǫ, follows a Markov chain Γǫ,ǫ′. Moves slowly and accommodates opportunities to get rich. Households either have a job e = 1 or not e = 0.

Type-dependent exogenous job destruction rate δǫ

n.

Job finding rate is type independent and depends on job creation by firms (workers are rationed, it is like no matching function in labor market but hiring costs) ([Fang and Nie(2013)]).

Households have assets a. These assets can be allocated to (frictionless) houses and/or to financial assets with a collateral

  • constraint. The poor will have some housing wealth and a mortgage,

the rich houses and shares of the economy’s mutual fund.

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Production: two sectors tradables and nontradables.

Nontradables

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Production: two sectors tradables and nontradables.

Nontradables

Monopolistic firms, each one producing a different variety.

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Production: two sectors tradables and nontradables.

Nontradables

Monopolistic firms, each one producing a different variety. Each firm/variety has many locations, and each location has its own production function. Labor can be partially reallocated to accommodate demand differences across locations.

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Production: two sectors tradables and nontradables.

Nontradables

Monopolistic firms, each one producing a different variety. Each firm/variety has many locations, and each location has its own production function. Labor can be partially reallocated to accommodate demand differences across locations. Firms post prices before the location is filled.

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Production: two sectors tradables and nontradables.

Nontradables

Monopolistic firms, each one producing a different variety. Each firm/variety has many locations, and each location has its own production function. Labor can be partially reallocated to accommodate demand differences across locations. Firms post prices before the location is filled.

Tradables (standard).

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Production: two sectors tradables and nontradables.

Nontradables

Monopolistic firms, each one producing a different variety. Each firm/variety has many locations, and each location has its own production function. Labor can be partially reallocated to accommodate demand differences across locations. Firms post prices before the location is filled.

Tradables (standard).

Competitive.

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Production: two sectors tradables and nontradables.

Nontradables

Monopolistic firms, each one producing a different variety. Each firm/variety has many locations, and each location has its own production function. Labor can be partially reallocated to accommodate demand differences across locations. Firms post prices before the location is filled.

Tradables (standard).

Competitive. (Large) Adjustment costs to both capital and labor.

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Production: two sectors tradables and nontradables.

Nontradables

Monopolistic firms, each one producing a different variety. Each firm/variety has many locations, and each location has its own production function. Labor can be partially reallocated to accommodate demand differences across locations. Firms post prices before the location is filled.

Tradables (standard).

Competitive. (Large) Adjustment costs to both capital and labor. Its output is used for exports, investment, and (part of) consumption.

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Production: two sectors tradables and nontradables.

Nontradables

Monopolistic firms, each one producing a different variety. Each firm/variety has many locations, and each location has its own production function. Labor can be partially reallocated to accommodate demand differences across locations. Firms post prices before the location is filled.

Tradables (standard).

Competitive. (Large) Adjustment costs to both capital and labor. Its output is used for exports, investment, and (part of) consumption. Decreasing returns.

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Goods markets

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Goods markets

Search frictions in the markets for nontradables:

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Goods markets

Search frictions in the markets for nontradables: Households look for varieties.

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Goods markets

Search frictions in the markets for nontradables: Households look for varieties.

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Goods markets

Search frictions in the markets for nontradables: Households look for varieties. Random search.

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Goods markets

Search frictions in the markets for nontradables: Households look for varieties. Random search. Richer people consume and search more.

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Goods markets

Search frictions in the markets for nontradables: Households look for varieties. Random search. Richer people consume and search more. Cuts in consumption cut search which cuts productivity.

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Goods markets

Search frictions in the markets for nontradables: Households look for varieties. Random search. Richer people consume and search more. Cuts in consumption cut search which cuts productivity. Perfect competition and frictionless markets for tradables.

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Labor market

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Labor market

Workers are rationed.

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Labor market

Workers are rationed. Firms hire as many workers as they wish paying hiring costs. (like a vacancy filling probability of 1, with hiring costs).

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Labor market

Workers are rationed. Firms hire as many workers as they wish paying hiring costs. (like a vacancy filling probability of 1, with hiring costs). Employment: N = NN + NT .

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Labor market

Workers are rationed. Firms hire as many workers as they wish paying hiring costs. (like a vacancy filling probability of 1, with hiring costs). Employment: N = NN + NT . Same job finding probability across types: Φe =

V 1−N .

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Labor market

Workers are rationed. Firms hire as many workers as they wish paying hiring costs. (like a vacancy filling probability of 1, with hiring costs). Employment: N = NN + NT . Same job finding probability across types: Φe =

V 1−N .

Wages are determined via the following formula logw − logw = εw

  • logY − logY
  • It simplifies things.

[Gornemann, Kuester, and Nakajima(2012)].

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Assets markets: Financial assets and houses

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Assets markets: Financial assets and houses

Total housing H is in fixed supply.

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Assets markets: Financial assets and houses

Total housing H is in fixed supply. Negative financial assets (b′ < 0) are (undefaultable) mortgages.

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Assets markets: Financial assets and houses

Total housing H is in fixed supply. Negative financial assets (b′ < 0) are (undefaultable) mortgages.

Its interest rate 1

q is predetermined at borrowing time,

q(θ, b′) =

  • 1,

if b ≥ 0

1 1+r∗ − ς(θ),

if b < 0

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Assets markets: Financial assets and houses

Total housing H is in fixed supply. Negative financial assets (b′ < 0) are (undefaultable) mortgages.

Its interest rate 1

q is predetermined at borrowing time,

q(θ, b′) =

  • 1,

if b ≥ 0

1 1+r∗ − ς(θ),

if b < 0 Mortgages have to be collateralized by housing: if b < 0 then q(θ, b) |b| ≤ [1 − λ(θ)] ph(S) h

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Assets markets: Financial assets and houses

Total housing H is in fixed supply. Negative financial assets (b′ < 0) are (undefaultable) mortgages.

Its interest rate 1

q is predetermined at borrowing time,

q(θ, b′) =

  • 1,

if b ≥ 0

1 1+r∗ − ς(θ),

if b < 0 Mortgages have to be collateralized by housing: if b < 0 then q(θ, b) |b| ≤ [1 − λ(θ)] ph(S) h

Positive financial assets (b > 0) are shares of a mutual fund.

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Assets markets: Financial assets and houses

Total housing H is in fixed supply. Negative financial assets (b′ < 0) are (undefaultable) mortgages.

Its interest rate 1

q is predetermined at borrowing time,

q(θ, b′) =

  • 1,

if b ≥ 0

1 1+r∗ − ς(θ),

if b < 0 Mortgages have to be collateralized by housing: if b < 0 then q(θ, b) |b| ≤ [1 − λ(θ)] ph(S) h

Positive financial assets (b > 0) are shares of a mutual fund.

Its return is stochastic. Possible capital gains and loses.

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Assets markets: Financial assets and houses

Total housing H is in fixed supply. Negative financial assets (b′ < 0) are (undefaultable) mortgages.

Its interest rate 1

q is predetermined at borrowing time,

q(θ, b′) =

  • 1,

if b ≥ 0

1 1+r∗ − ς(θ),

if b < 0 Mortgages have to be collateralized by housing: if b < 0 then q(θ, b) |b| ≤ [1 − λ(θ)] ph(S) h

Positive financial assets (b > 0) are shares of a mutual fund.

Its return is stochastic. Possible capital gains and loses. The return is R(S, S′, b) =

  • 1 + r(S, S′),

if b ≥ 0 1, if b < 0.

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State variables

A household is characterized by {ǫ, e, a}. Let X denote the measure over types x = {ǫ, e, a}. The vector of aggregate state variables is S = {θ, B, KN, KT , NN, NT , X} Here B is the net foreign asset position. K and N are predetermined factor inputs. Hence either we do Krusell-Smith or the transition after an unforeseen

  • shock. Today, we do the latter.

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Households’ problem

V (S, ǫ, e, a) = max

cN,i,cT ,IN,h,d u(cA, h, d)+

β

  • ǫ′,e′,θ′

Πθ

θ,θ′ Πw e′|e,ǫ(S′) Πε ǫ,ǫ′ V [S′, ǫ′, e′, a′(S′, b, h)]

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Households’ problem

V (S, ǫ, e, a) = max

cN,i,cT ,IN,h,d u(cA, h, d)+

β

  • ǫ′,e′,θ′

Πθ

θ,θ′ Πw e′|e,ǫ(S′) Πε ǫ,ǫ′ V [S′, ǫ′, e′, a′(S′, b, h)]

subject to IN pi(S)cN,i + cT + ph(S)h + q(θ, b)b = a + 1e=1w(S)ǫ + 1e=0 w BC

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Households’ problem

V (S, ǫ, e, a) = max

cN,i,cT ,IN,h,d u(cA, h, d)+

β

  • ǫ′,e′,θ′

Πθ

θ,θ′ Πw e′|e,ǫ(S′) Πε ǫ,ǫ′ V [S′, ǫ′, e′, a′(S′, b, h)]

subject to IN pi(S)cN,i + cT + ph(S)h + q(θ, b)b = a + 1e=1w(S)ǫ + 1e=0 w BC a′(S′, b, h) = ph(S′)h + R(S, S′, b)b AA

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Households’ problem

V (S, ǫ, e, a) = max

cN,i,cT ,IN,h,d u(cA, h, d)+

β

  • ǫ′,e′,θ′

Πθ

θ,θ′ Πw e′|e,ǫ(S′) Πε ǫ,ǫ′ V [S′, ǫ′, e′, a′(S′, b, h)]

subject to IN pi(S)cN,i + cT + ph(S)h + q(θ, b)b = a + 1e=1w(S)ǫ + 1e=0 w BC a′(S′, b, h) = ph(S′)h + R(S, S′, b)b AA q(θ, b)b ≥ −λ(θ)ph(S)h FC

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Households’ problem

V (S, ǫ, e, a) = max

cN,i,cT ,IN,h,d u(cA, h, d)+

β

  • ǫ′,e′,θ′

Πθ

θ,θ′ Πw e′|e,ǫ(S′) Πε ǫ,ǫ′ V [S′, ǫ′, e′, a′(S′, b, h)]

subject to IN pi(S)cN,i + cT + ph(S)h + q(θ, b)b = a + 1e=1w(S)ǫ + 1e=0 w BC a′(S′, b, h) = ph(S′)h + R(S, S′, b)b AA q(θ, b)b ≥ −λ(θ)ph(S)h FC IN = d Ψd[Qg(S)] SC

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Households’ problem

V (S, ǫ, e, a) = max

cN,i,cT ,IN,h,d u(cA, h, d)+

β

  • ǫ′,e′,θ′

Πθ

θ,θ′ Πw e′|e,ǫ(S′) Πε ǫ,ǫ′ V [S′, ǫ′, e′, a′(S′, b, h)]

subject to IN pi(S)cN,i + cT + ph(S)h + q(θ, b)b = a + 1e=1w(S)ǫ + 1e=0 w BC a′(S′, b, h) = ph(S′)h + R(S, S′, b)b AA q(θ, b)b ≥ −λ(θ)ph(S)h FC IN = d Ψd[Qg(S)] SC S′ = G(S, θ′) RE

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Nontradable firms’ problem

At each location, the production function is F N(k, ℓ1, ℓ2) = zNkα0ℓα1

1 ℓα2 2

k and ℓ1 are pre-installed. ℓ2 is variable to meet different demands.

The demand function is given by c(pi, S, x) =

  • pi

p(S)

  • ρ

1−ρ cN(S, x)

When a shopper wants to buy c units of goods at a location, the amount of variable labor ℓ2 needed to produce c is f ℓ(c, k, ℓ1) =

  • c−1zNkα0ℓα1

1

− 1

α2

At the posted price pi, the total variable labor needed is ℓ2 ≥ Ψf[Qg(S)]

  • f ℓ[c(pi, S, x), k, ℓ1]d(x, S)

D(S)

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Nontradable firms’ problem

ΩN(S, k, n) = max

i,v,pi ℓ1,ℓ2

Ψf[Qg(S)]pi

  • c(pi, S, ǫ, e, a) dx − w(S)ℓ − i − κv

+

  • θ′

Πθ

θ,θ′ ΩN(S′, k′, n′)

1 + r∗ subject to ℓ2 ≥ Ψf[Qg(S)]

  • f ℓ[c(pi, S, x), k, ℓ1]d(x, S)

D(S) DC ℓ1 + ℓ2 = nǫ(S) SL k′ = (1 − δk)k + i − φN(k, i) LMK n′ = [1 − δn(S)]n + v LML S′ = G(S, θ′) RE

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Tradable firms’ problem

ΩT (S, k, n) = max

i,v F T (k, ℓ) − w(S)ℓ − i − κv − φT,n(n′, n)

+

  • θ′

Πθ

θ,θ′ ΩT (S′, k′, n′)

1 + r∗ subject to k′ = (1 − δk)k + i − φT,k(k, i) ℓ = nǫ(S) n′ = [1 − δn(S)]n + v S′ = G(S).

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Mutual fund

Financial wealth in the economy is L+ =

  • b>0

b(S, ǫ, e, a) dx Mortgages in the economy are L− =

  • b<0

−b(S, ǫ, e, a) dx Net foreign asset position of the country (the mutual fund owns all firms) B = L+ −

  • ΩN(S) − πN(S) + ΩT (S) − πT (S) +

1 1 + r∗ L−

  • The realized rate of return is

1 + r(S, S′) = ΩN(S′) + ΩT (S′) + (1 + r∗)B + L− L+

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Equilibrium

An equilibrium is a set of decision rules and values for households, firms’ values and decision rules, and a set aggregate variables of aggregate states, such that: Households’ and firms’ policy functions and value functions solve the corresponding program problems. Aggregate searching consistence D(S) =

  • d(S, ǫ, e, a) dx,

Nontradable prices satisfies p(S) = pi(S, KN, NN) dx, Housing market clears

  • h(S, ǫ, e, a) dx = H.

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Equilibrium

Average separation probability and labor force quality δn(S) =

  • ǫ δn(ǫ)n(ǫ)

N , ǫ(S) =

  • ǫ ǫn(ǫ)

N Rate of return to the mutual fund satisfies 1 + r(S, S′) = ΩN(S′) + ΩT (S′) + (1 + r∗)B +

  • b<0 b(S, x)
  • b>0 b(S, x)

Wage satisfies logw(S) − logw = εw

  • logY (S) − logY
  • The law of motion G(S) is consistent with households’ decisions and

employment dynamics.

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Mapping the Model to Data

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Functional forms

Preferences u(cA, h, d) = 1 1 − σc

  • cA − ξd

d1+γ 1 + γ 1−σc + v(h) where there is an Armington aggregator for consumption cA =

  • ω (cNIρ

N)

η−1 η

+ (1 − ω)c

η−1 η

T

  • η

η−1

and houses are inferior goods as a proxy for segmentation of housing markets v(h) =

  • ξh

1−σ1

h (h + h1)1−σ1 h ,

if h < h

ξh 1−σ2

h (h + h2)1−σ2 h ,

if h ≥ h.

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1 2 3 4 5 −0.5 −0.45 −0.4 −0.35 −0.3 −0.25 −0.2 −0.15 −0.1 Housing function with less curvature Housing function with more curvature 0.5 1 1.5 2 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

Housing Consumption

Housing utility function Engel Curve: consumption vs housing

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Functional forms

Production function F N(k, ℓ1, ℓ2) = zN kα0 ℓα1

1

ℓα2

2 ,

F T (k, ℓ) = zT kθ0ℓθ1 Capital adjustment cost in the nontradable goods sector φN(i, k) = εN 2 i k − δk 2 k Capital and employment adjustment cost in the tradable goods sector φT,k(i, k) = εT,k 2 i k − δk 2 k, φT,n(n′, n) = εT,n 2 n′ n − 1 2 n Matching technology M(D, T) = νDµT 1−µ

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Exogenously determined parameters

A period is half a quarter.

Parameter Value Risk aversion for consumption, σc 2.0 Risk aversion for housing, σ1

h

2.0 Risk aversion for housing, σ2

h

10.0 Curvature of shopping, γ 1.5 Elasticity of substitution bw tradables and nontradables, η 0.80 Cutoff value for housing utility, h 1.4 Price markup, ρ 1.1 Loan to value ratio, λ 0.75 Interest rate for international bonds, r∗ 4%

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Endogenously determined parameters: aggregate

Target Value Parameter Value Wealth to output ratio 4.70 β 0.98 Housing value to output ratio 1.67 ξh 0.95 Debt to output ratio 0.75 ǫ4 30.77 Share of tradables 0.30 ω 0.95 Occupancy Rate 0.81 ν 0.81 Capital to output ratio 2.00 δk 0.01 Labor Share in nontradables 0.64 α0 0.27 α1 = α2 —— α1 0.36 Labor Share in tradables 0.66 θ1 0.66 1.4θ0 + θ1 = 1 —— θ0 0.23 Vacancy cost to output ratio 0.02 κ 0.42 Home production to lowest earning ratio 0.50 w 0.07 Units Parameters Output 1 zN 0.93 Relative price of nontradables 1 zT 0.48 Market tightness in goods markets 1 ξd 0.03

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Endogenously determined parameters: cross-section

Lorenz

Target Value Parameter Value Job duration for type 1 1.5 year δ1

n

0.083 Job duration for type 3 5 year δ3

n

0.025 Job duration for type 4 5 year δ4

n

0.025 Unemployment rate 6% δ2

n

0.048 Wealth Gini index 0.82 Πǫ

1,4

0.0007 Earnings Gini index 0.64 Πǫ

4,1

0.0156 Earning autocorrelation 0.91 Πǫ

1,1

0.9660 Earning stdev 0.20 Πǫ

2,2

0.9774

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Lorenz Curve

Return

Data Model

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1

Net worth Housing asset Financial asset

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Experiments: once and for all set of surprises in the environment

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Experiments: once and for all set of surprises in the environment

1

Over the next 4.5 months the down payment changes from 25% to 27.5% to 30% to 32.5% (to avoid having households with empty choice set).

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Experiments: once and for all set of surprises in the environment

1

Over the next 4.5 months the down payment changes from 25% to 27.5% to 30% to 32.5% (to avoid having households with empty choice set).

2

The borrowing interest rate’s surcharge goes from zero to .3%.

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Experiments: once and for all set of surprises in the environment

1

Over the next 4.5 months the down payment changes from 25% to 27.5% to 30% to 32.5% (to avoid having households with empty choice set).

2

The borrowing interest rate’s surcharge goes from zero to .3%.

3

Both at the same time.

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Experiments: once and for all set of surprises in the environment

1

Over the next 4.5 months the down payment changes from 25% to 27.5% to 30% to 32.5% (to avoid having households with empty choice set).

2

The borrowing interest rate’s surcharge goes from zero to .3%.

3

Both at the same time.

4

The inverse process. Credit expansion.

  • All of these with fixed and flexible wages.

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Long Run Properties

  • Typically like in all [Aiyagari(1994)] - [Bewley(1986)] -

[Huggett(1993)] - [Imrohoro˘ glu(1989)] type models, in the long run

  • utput and wealth end up being higher.

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Long Run Properties

  • Typically like in all [Aiyagari(1994)] - [Bewley(1986)] -

[Huggett(1993)] - [Imrohoro˘ glu(1989)] type models, in the long run

  • utput and wealth end up being higher.
  • But in our economies the transition is associated to a recession.

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Experiment : gradual worsening of both λ and borrowing cost

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1

Real output

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Unemployment

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1

Consumption

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −40 −35 −30 −25 −20 −15 −10 −5 5

Investment

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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Experiment: gradual worsening of both λ and borrowing cost

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1

Wealth

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −25 −20 −15 −10 −5

Debt

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −20 −15 −10 −5

Housing price

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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Experiment: gradual worsening of both λ and borrowing cost

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5 0.5

TFP with total hours

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2

Labor Productivity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

Labor quality

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5 0.5

TFP with total labor inputs

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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Experiment : gradual worsening of both λ and borrowing cost

Change of labor quality in both pools when wages are flexible

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 Employed Unemployed

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Experiment: gradual improvement of λ from 0.75 to 0.825

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2

Real output

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.8 6 6.2 6.4

Unemployment

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

Consumption

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

Investment

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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Experiment: gradual improvement of λ from 0.75 to 0.825

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Wealth

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 4 6 8 10 12

Debt

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Housing price

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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Experiment: gradual improvement of λ from 0.75 to 0.825

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

TFP with total hours

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

Labor Productivity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.4 −0.3 −0.2 −0.1 0.1

Labor quality

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

TFP with total labor inputs

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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Experiment 5: More flexible wage schedule

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −3 −2.5 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5 0.5

Real output

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9

Unemployment

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1

Consumption

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −25 −20 −15 −10 −5 5

Investment

Flexible wage ǫw = 0.45 Flexible wage ǫw = 1

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Experiment 5: More flexible wage schedule

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1

Wealth

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −12 −10 −8 −6 −4 −2

Debt

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −14 −12 −10 −8 −6 −4 −2

Housing price

Flexible wage ǫw = 0.45 Flexible wage ǫw = 1

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Experiment 5: More flexible wage schedule

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −1 −0.8 −0.6 −0.4 −0.2 0.2 0.4

TFP with total hours

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −1 −0.5 0.5

Labor Productivity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2

Labor quality

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −1.2 −1 −0.8 −0.6 −0.4 −0.2 0.2

TFP with total labor inputs

Flexible wage ǫw = 0.45 Flexible wage ǫw = 1

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Results: a boom and bust cycle

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0.67 0.68 0.69 0.7 0.71 0.72 0.73 0.74 0.75 0.76

Loan to value ratio λ

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Results: a boom and bust cycle

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −3 −2.5 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5 0.5 1 1.5

Real output

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5

Unemployment

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −4 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3

Consumption

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −25 −20 −15 −10 −5 5 10 15

Investment

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Results: a boom and bust cycle

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −4 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3 4

Wealth

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Debt

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −8 −6 −4 −2 2 4 6 8 10 12

Housing price

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Results: a boom and bust cycle

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −1 −0.5 0.5

TFP with total hours

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.8 −0.6 −0.4 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1

Labor Productivity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.4 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2

Labor quality

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −1 −0.8 −0.6 −0.4 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6

TFP with total labor inputs

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Conclusions

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Conclusions

We have a recession generated purely by increased difficulties to borrow on the part of households

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Conclusions

We have a recession generated purely by increased difficulties to borrow on the part of households The recession comes together with

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Conclusions

We have a recession generated purely by increased difficulties to borrow on the part of households The recession comes together with

TFP loses

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Conclusions

We have a recession generated purely by increased difficulties to borrow on the part of households The recession comes together with

TFP loses Drop in Housing prices (movements too sharp because of lack of house frictions)

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Conclusions

We have a recession generated purely by increased difficulties to borrow on the part of households The recession comes together with

TFP loses Drop in Housing prices (movements too sharp because of lack of house frictions) Drop in Stock Market

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Conclusions

We have a recession generated purely by increased difficulties to borrow on the part of households The recession comes together with

TFP loses Drop in Housing prices (movements too sharp because of lack of house frictions) Drop in Stock Market

The literature is trying hard to get this ([Midrigan and Philippon(2011)],

[Guerrieri and Lorenzoni(2009)]) with limited success.

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Conclusions

We have a recession generated purely by increased difficulties to borrow on the part of households The recession comes together with

TFP loses Drop in Housing prices (movements too sharp because of lack of house frictions) Drop in Stock Market

The literature is trying hard to get this ([Midrigan and Philippon(2011)],

[Guerrieri and Lorenzoni(2009)]) with limited success.

Still ways to go:

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Conclusions

We have a recession generated purely by increased difficulties to borrow on the part of households The recession comes together with

TFP loses Drop in Housing prices (movements too sharp because of lack of house frictions) Drop in Stock Market

The literature is trying hard to get this ([Midrigan and Philippon(2011)],

[Guerrieri and Lorenzoni(2009)]) with limited success.

Still ways to go:

Foreclosures; slow housing frictions; Long term Mortgages.

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Conclusions

We have a recession generated purely by increased difficulties to borrow on the part of households The recession comes together with

TFP loses Drop in Housing prices (movements too sharp because of lack of house frictions) Drop in Stock Market

The literature is trying hard to get this ([Midrigan and Philippon(2011)],

[Guerrieri and Lorenzoni(2009)]) with limited success.

Still ways to go:

Foreclosures; slow housing frictions; Long term Mortgages. Slow expanding export industries.

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Conclusions

We have a recession generated purely by increased difficulties to borrow on the part of households The recession comes together with

TFP loses Drop in Housing prices (movements too sharp because of lack of house frictions) Drop in Stock Market

The literature is trying hard to get this ([Midrigan and Philippon(2011)],

[Guerrieri and Lorenzoni(2009)]) with limited success.

Still ways to go:

Foreclosures; slow housing frictions; Long term Mortgages. Slow expanding export industries. Model of banking cycles.

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References

Aiyagari, S. Rao. 1994. “Uninsured Idiosyncratic Risk and Aggregate Saving.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 109:659–684. Bai, Yan, Jos´ e-V´ ıctor R´ ıos-Rull, and Kjetil Storesletten. 2011. “Demand Shocks as Productivity Shocks.” Working paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Bewley, Truman. 1986. “Stationary Monetary Equilibrium with a Continuum of Independently Fluctuating Consumers.” In Contributions to Mathematical Economics in Honor of G´ erard Debreu, edited by Werner Hildenbrand and Andreu Mas-Colell. Amsterdam: North Holland. Fang, Lei and Jun Nie. 2013. “Education, Human Capital and U.S. Labor Market Dynamics.” Presented at MidWest Macro Meetings. Gornemann, Nils, Keith Kuester, and Makoto Nakajima. 2012. “Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents.” Mimeo, FRB Philadelphia. Guerrieri, Veronica and Guido Lorenzoni. 2009. “Liquidity and Trading Dynamics.” Econometrica 77 (6):1751–1790. Huggett, Mark. 1993. “The Risk-Free Rate in Heterogeneous-Agent, Incomplete-Insurance Economies.” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 17:953–970. Huo, Zhen and Jos´ e-V´ ıctor R´ ıos-Rull. 2013a. “Balance Sheet Recessions.” Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. ———. 2013b. “Paradox of Thrift Recessions.” Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Imrohoro˘ glu, A. 1989. Huo & R´ ıos-Rull, UMN, Mpls Fed, CAERP Financial Frictions, Asset Prices, & the Great Recession LBS Nov 13 2014 48/58

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Facts on the last recession: IV

Return

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.2 0.21 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 0.4 0.45 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65

Debt to wealth Debt to housing value

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Facts: Continued

Return

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110

Real output

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 20 40 60 80 100 120 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 20 40 60 80 100 120

Consumption Investment

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Facts: Continued

Return

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 50 60 70 80 90 100 110

TFP with total hours Labor productivity

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105

Labor quality TFP with total labor inputs

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Facts: Continued

‘Real output’, ‘consumption’ and ‘investment’ are ‘Gross Domestic Product’, ‘Personal Consumption Expenditures’ and ‘Gross Private Domestic Investment’ from BEA. ‘TFP with total hours’ is calculated by Fernald (2012). ‘Labor productivity’ is total output divided by total hours. ‘Labor quality’ follows Aaronson and Sullivan (2001), which are extended by Bart Hobijn and Joyce Kwok (FRBSF). ‘TFP with total labor inputs’ is total output divided by the product of total hours and labor quality. These variables shown at the beginning are deviations from their linear

  • trends. These variables shown in the appendix have their values in

2007 q4 normalized to 100.

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Experiment 1: gradual change of λ from 0.75 to 0.675

+

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −3 −2.5 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5 0.5

Real output

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 10

Unemployment

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1

Consumption

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −25 −20 −15 −10 −5 5

Investment

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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Experiment 1: gradual change of λ from 0.75 to 0.675

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1

Wealth

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −12 −10 −8 −6 −4 −2

Debt

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −14 −12 −10 −8 −6 −4 −2

Housing price

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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Experiment 1: gradual change of λ from 0.75 to 0.675

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −1.2 −1 −0.8 −0.6 −0.4 −0.2 0.2

TFP with total hours

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −1.5 −1 −0.5 0.5 1

Labor Productivity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4

Labor quality

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −1.4 −1.2 −1 −0.8 −0.6 −0.4 −0.2 0.2

TFP with total labor inputs

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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Experiment 2: gradual change of borrowing cost from 0 to 0.3%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5

Real output

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5

Unemployment

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −3 −2.5 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5

Consumption

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −16 −14 −12 −10 −8 −6 −4 −2 2

Investment

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −3 −2.5 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5

Wealth

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1

Debt

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1

Housing price

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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Experiment 2: gradual change of borrowing cost from 0 to 0.3%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.5 −0.4 −0.3 −0.2 −0.1 0.1 0.2

TFP with total hours

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.6 −0.4 −0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8

Labor Productivity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9

Labor quality

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 −0.7 −0.6 −0.5 −0.4 −0.3 −0.2 −0.1

TFP with total labor inputs

Flexible wage Fixed wage

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