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L'instabilité financière selon Minsky : l'incertitude et la liquidité au fondement du cycle ?

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[fre] L'instabilité financière selon Minsky : l'incertitude et la liquidité au fondement du cycle ?. . La théorie de l'instabilité financière telle que H. P. Minsky la conçoit ne donne pas entièrement satisfaction. En particulier, il apparaît nécessaire d'approfondir le lien entre les comportements vis-à-vis de la liquidité en économie d'incertitude et les dynamiques de la dette. C'est donc le rôle du concept keynésien de préférence pour la liquidité qui sera accentué ici, en liaison avec l'utilisation des innovations financières comme moyen d'accroître la vitesse de circulation de la monnaie. Une analyse des bilans permettra de montrer dans quelles conditions la liquidité des agents peut se dégrader, lors de l'utilisation de certaines de ces innovations. Les anticipations de prix d'actifs et les ratios de liquidité sont alors les variables clés qui doivent être mises en relation avec l'endettement, de manière à éclairer le pro­cessus de la fragilisation financière. On peut ainsi formuler un enchaînement dans lequel celle-ci apparaît comme un phénomène endogène. [eng] Minsky's 'financial instability hypothesis' : uncertainty and liquidity at the basis of the business cycle ?. . H.P. Minsky's conceiving of the theory of financial instability is not entirely satisfactory. In particular, it appears necessary to improve the formulation of the link between behaviours that are motivated by liquidity preoccupations in an economy with uncertainty and debt dynamics. Thus it is the importance of the keynesian concept of liquidity preference which will be underlined, in relation to the use of financial innovations as a way to increase the velocity of money. An analysis of balances will show in which conditions agents' liquidity can be undermined when some of those innovations are used. Anticipated asset prices and liquidity ratios will be considered as the key-variables which are to be related to indebtedness, so that the financial fragilisation process can be understood. It is then possible to express this process as endogenous in some special circumstances.

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  • Olivier Brossard, 1998. "L'instabilité financière selon Minsky : l'incertitude et la liquidité au fondement du cycle ?," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 49(2), pages 407-435.
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    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1998.409985
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    1. Facchini, François, 2014. "Retour sur la crise et les politiques mises en œuvre : une perspective autrichienne [Past and Future of the crisis]," MPRA Paper 52984, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Lim, Chen, 2018. "The Financial Instability Hypothesis Applied to the 2007 Financial Crisis," MPRA Paper 92142, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Sébastien Charles, 2008. "Teaching Minsky's financial instability hypothesis: a manageable suggestion," Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(1), pages 125-138, September.
    4. Olivier Brossard, 1998. "Comportement vis-à-vis de la liquidité et instabilité conjoncturelle : une réflexion sur la préférence pour la liquidité," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 30(1), pages 123-146.
    5. François Facchini, 2015. "Financial Fragility and Central Bank: Are Minsky’s Crisis and Austrian Business Cycle are Complementary?," Post-Print hal-01349787, HAL.

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