The Safety Trap

In this article, we provide a model of the macroeconomic implications of safe asset shortages. In particular, we discuss the emergence of a deflationary safety trap equilibrium with endogenous risk premia. It is an acute form of a liquidity trap, in which the shortage of a specific form of assets, s...

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Main Authors: Caballero, Ricardo J (Contributor), Farhi, Emmanuel (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018-02-20T19:56:10Z.
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