The time-varying cost channel of monetary transmission
The time-varying cost channel of monetary transmission
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jimonfin.2008.10.003
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发表时间:
2009-10-01
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2.5
通讯作者:
Tillmann, Peter
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作者:
Tillmann, Peter
This paper Studies the time-varying role of the cost channel of monetary transmission, i.e. the supply-side effect of monetary policy based on firms' costs of holding working capital. For that purpose, we provide rolling-window estimates of an augmented New Keynesian Phillips curve and show that the cost channel exhibits important time-varying dynamics. We find, as a general pattern, that the cost channel was most important in the pre-Volcker period and less important in the Volcker-Greenspan era. Recently, however, the cost channel regained importance. Since the cost channel is based on the transmission of policy impulses through bank lending, it is likely that the time-varying cost channel reflects the cyclical nature of financial frictions. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.