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Financial Frictions and the Persistence of History

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  • Francisco J. Buera
  • Yongseok Shin

    (Economics University of Wisconsin)

Abstract

How do movements in the distribution of income and wealth affect the macroeconomy? We create two economies where the only difference between them lies in the initial distribution of economic resources and the degree of frictions in financial markets. Generally, these economies eventually reach the same (or very similar) stationary equilibria in terms of aggregate variables--e.g. capital stock and output. In this sense, financial frictions and wealth distribution have little macroeconomic impact on the stationary equilibria. Here we map out the entire transition dynamics and answer the following questions: (i) Do financial frictions slow down the economy's progression toward the stationary equilibria? (ii) Does inequality affect the speed of convergence to the stationary equilibria? and (iii) If economic resources are initially misallocated (e.g. entrepreneurs not having any resources), is the speed of convergence to the stationary equilibria significantly lower? We find that financial frictions and initial wealth distribution have significant and persistent effects on the transitional dynamics of the aggregate variables

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  • Francisco J. Buera & Yongseok Shin, 2006. "Financial Frictions and the Persistence of History," 2006 Meeting Papers 792, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    • Handle: RePEc:red:sed006:792
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    Cited by:

    1. Yanos Zylberberg, 2011. "Capital misallocation and credit constraints: Theory and evidence from natural," PSE Working Papers halshs-00607212, HAL.
    2. Buera, Francisco J. & Kaboski, Joseph P., 2012. "Scale and the origins of structural change," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 147(2), pages 684-712.
    3. Yanos Zylberberg, 2011. "Capital misallocation and credit constraints: Theory and evidence from natural," Working Papers halshs-00607212, HAL.
    4. Yaqing Han & Qiangqiang Wang & Yushui Li, 2023. "Does Financial Resource Misallocation Inhibit the Improvement of Green Development Efficiency? Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-21, March.

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    Keywords

    Financial frictions; transition dynamics;

    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

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