Inequality, Redistributive Policies and Multiplier Dynamics in an Agent-based Model with Credit Rationing

Elisa Palagi (), Mauro Napoletano, Andrea Roventini and Jean-Luc Gaffard
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Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, 2017, vol. 3, issue 3, No 5, 367-387

Abstract: Abstract We build an agent-based model populated by households with heterogenous and time-varying financial conditions in order to study how different inequality shocks affect income dynamics and the effects of different types of fiscal policy responses. We show that inequality shocks generate persistent falls in aggregate income by increasing the fraction of credit-constrained households and by lowering aggregate consumption. Furthermore, we experiment with different types of fiscal policies to counter the effects of inequality-generated recessions, namely deficit-spending direct government consumption and redistributive subsidies financed by different types of taxes. We find that the introduction of subsidies is in general associated with higher fiscal multipliers than cases with direct government expenditure alone, as they appear to be better suited to sustain consumption of lower income households after the shock.

Keywords: Income inequality; Fiscal multipliers; Redistributive policies; Credit-rationing; Agent-based models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C63 E21 E63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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