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Leverage and deepening business cycle skewness

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Jensen, Henrik, Petrella, Ivan, Ravn, Søren Hove and Santoro, Emiliano (2020) Leverage and deepening business cycle skewness. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 12 (1). pp. 245-281. doi:10.1257/mac.20170319

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20170319

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Abstract

We document that the U.S. and other G7 economies have been characterized by an increasingly negative business cycle asymmetry over the last three decades. This finding can be explained by the concurrent increase in the financial leverage of households and firms. To support this view, we devise and estimate a dynamic general equilibrium model with collateralized borrowing and occasionally binding credit constraints. Improved access to credit increases the likelihood that financial constraints become non-binding in the face of expansionary shocks, allowing agents to freely substitute intertemporally. Contractionary shocks, on the other hand, are further amplified by drops in collateral values, since constraints remain binding. As a result, booms become progressively smoother and more prolonged than busts. Finally, in line with recent empirical evidence, financially-driven expansions lead to deeper contractions, as compared with equally-sized non-financial expansions.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Finance Group
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Group of Seven countries, Econometric models -- United States, Econometric models -- France, Econometric models -- Canadá, Econometric models -- Germany, Econometric models -- Italy, Econometric models -- Japan, Econometric models -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
Publisher: American Economic Association
ISSN: 1945-7707
Official Date: January 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
January 2020Published
1 January 2019Accepted
Volume: 12
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 245-281
DOI: 10.1257/mac.20170319
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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Copyright Holders: Jensen, Henrik, Petrella, Ivan , Ravn, Soren Hove, Santoro, Emiliano
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