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