Shocks, Frictions, and Inequality in US Business Cycles

Christian Bayer, Benjamin Born and Ralph Luetticke

No 2003, Discussion Papers from Centre for Macroeconomics (CFM)

Abstract: How much does inequality matter for the business cycle and vice versa? Using a Bayesian likelihood approach, we estimate a heterogeneous-agent New-Keynesian (HANK) model with incomplete markets and portfolio choice between liquid and illiquid assets. The model enlarges the set of shocks and frictions in Smets and Wouters (2007) by allowing for shocks to income risk and taxes. We nd that adding data on inequality does not materially change the estimated shocks and frictions driving the US business cycle. The estimated shocks, however, have signicantly contributed to the evolution of US wealth and income inequality. The systematic components of monetary and scal policy are important for inequality as well.

Keywords: Bayseian estimation; Business cycles; Income inequality; Incomplete markets; Monetary and fiscal policy; Wealth inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C11 D31 E32 E63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 60 pages
Date: 2020-01
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