State-Dependent Risk Taking and the Transmission of Monetary Policy Shocks

Jean-Guillaume Sahuc, Patrick Fève and Pablo Garcia

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Abstract: Is risk taking an important channel by which monetary policy shocks affect economic activity? On the basis of a nonlinear structural VAR including a new measure of risk sensitivity by economic agents, we show that the role of the risk-taking channel depends on the state of the economy. While it is irrelevant during recession or normal times, it acts as an amplifier by boosting output during expansion. It means that, as long as monetary policy does not actively "lean against the wind", it may exacerbate boom-bust patterns

Date: 2018
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Published in Economics Letters, 2018, 164, pp.10-14. ⟨10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.024⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.024

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