Time-Varying Uncertainty and the Credit Channel

Dorofeenko, Victor; Lee, Gabriel S. and Salyer, Kevin D. (July 2002) Time-Varying Uncertainty and the Credit Channel. Former Series > Working Paper Series > IHS Economics Series 118

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Abstract

Abstract: We extend the Carlstrom and Fuerst (1997) agency cost model of business cycles by including time varying uncertainty in the technology shocks that affect capital production. We first demonstrate that standard linearization methods can be used to solve the model yet second moment effects still influence equilibrium characteristics. The effects of the persistence of uncertainty are then analyzed. Our primary findings fall into three broad categories. First, it is demonstrated that uncertainty affects the level of the steady-state of the economy so that welfare analyses of uncertainty that focus entirely on the variability of output (consumption) will understate the true costs of uncertainty. A second key result is that time varyinguncertainty results in countercyclical bankruptcy rates - a finding which is consistent with the data and opposite the result in Carlstrom and Fuerst. Third, we show that persistence of uncertainty affects both quantitatively and qualitatively the behavior of the economy.;

Item Type: IHS Series
Keywords: 'Agency costs' 'Credit channel' 'Time-varying uncertainty'
Classification Codes (e.g. JEL): E2, E4, E5
Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2014 10:37
Last Modified: 03 Dec 2024 07:01
ISBN: 1605-7996
URI: https://irihs.ihs.ac.at/id/eprint/1441

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