Imperfect banking competition and macroeconomic volatility : a DSGE framework / by Jiaqi Li.: FB3-5/2021-12E-PDF

"This paper studies the impact of imperfect banking competition on aggregate fluctuations using a DSGE framework that features a Cournot banking sector. The paper highlights a new propagation mechanism of imperfect banking competition that operates via the dynamics of the expected marginal product of capital. Since capital is partly financed by bank loans, a higher expected return on capital implies that firms are more willing to borrow to invest in capital, making their capital and thus loan demand more inelastic. Market power enables banks to take advantage of the lower loan demand elasticity by charging a higher loan rate markup. Given that different shocks affect the dynamics of the expected return on capital differently, this paper finds that while the loan rate markup after a contractionary monetary policy shock increases and thus amplifies aggregate fluctuations, the impact of imperfect banking competition after a productivity shock is less clear and depends on the persistence of the shock"--Abstract, page ii.

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Department/Agency Bank of Canada, issuing body.
Title Imperfect banking competition and macroeconomic volatility : a DSGE framework / by Jiaqi Li.
Series title Staff working paper = Document de travail du personnel, 1701-9397 ; 2021-12
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "Last updated: March 12, 2021."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-50).
Publishing information Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : Bank of Canada = Banque du Canada, 2021.
©2021
Author / Contributor Li, Jiaqi (Economist)author.
Description 1 online resource (ii, 50 pages) : charts.
Catalogue number
  • FB3-5/2021-12E-PDF
Subject terms Business cycles -- Econometric models.
Interest rates -- Econometric models.
Cycles économiques -- Modèles économétriques.
Taux d'intérêt -- Modèles économétriques.
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