What do Information Frictions do?

Joydeep Bhattacharya () and Shankha Chakraborty ()

University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers from University of Oregon Economics Department

Abstract: Numerous researchers have incorporated labor or credit market frictions within simple neoclassical models to (i) facilitate quick departures from the Arrow-Debreu world, thereby opening up the role for institutions, (ii) inject some realism into their models, and (iii) explain cross country differences in output and employment. We present an overlapping generations model with production in which a labor market friction (moral hazard) coexists along with a credit market friction (costly state verification). The simultaneous presence and interaction of these two frictions is studied. We show that credit frictions have a multiplier effect on economic activity, by directly affecting investment and indirectly through the unemployment rate. The labor market friction, on the other hand, affects unemployment in the short- and long-run but has only a short-run effect on capital accumulation.

Keywords: Information Frictions; Credit Frictions; Efficiency Wage; Unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E00 G21 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: Written 2003-02-14
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