Escaping the Great Recession
Francesco Bianchi and
Leonardo Melosi
No 9643, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Abstract:
We show that policy uncertainty about how the rising public debt will be stabilized accounts for the lack of deflation in the US economy at the zero lower bound. We first estimate a Markov-switching VAR to highlight that a zero-lower-bound regime captures most of the comovements during the Great Recession: a deep recession, no deflation, and large fiscal imbalances. We then show that a micro-founded model that features policy uncertainty accounts for these stylized facts. Finally, we highlight that policy uncertainty arises at the zero lower bound because of a trade-off between mitigating the recession and preserving long-run macroeconomic stability
Keywords: Bayesian methods; Monetary and fiscal policy interaction; Markov-switching models; Shock-specific policy rules; Policy uncertainty; Zero lower bound (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 E31 E52 E62 E63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-09
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