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Helicopter Drops and Japan's Liquidity Trap

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  • Laurence Ball

    (Professor, Johns Hopkins University (E-mail: lball@jhu.edu))

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This paper examines the effects of a money-financed fiscal expansion -- a helicopter drop -- when an economy is in a liquidity trap. It uses a textbook-style model calibrated to fit Japan's economic slump and deflation as of 2003. According to the results, money-financed transfers totaling 9.4 percent of GDP end the output slump and guide the economy to a steady state with 2 percent inflation. By raising output and inflation, the policy also reduces the ratio of government debt to GDP. The policy' s long-run effects are the same as those of a bond-financed fiscal expansion, but money finance prevents a short-run rise in debt.

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  • Laurence Ball, 2008. "Helicopter Drops and Japan's Liquidity Trap," Monetary and Economic Studies, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, vol. 26, pages 87-106, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ime:imemes:v:26:y:2008:p:87-106
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    1. Alfonso Palacio Vera, 2009. "Some Reflections on the Theory of the “Liquidity Trap”," Documentos de trabajo de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales 09-02, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.

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    Keywords

    Helicopter drop; Liquidity trap; Deflation;
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    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • E63 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy

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