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Endogenous Liquidity and Capital Reallocation

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  • Wei Cui
  • Randall Wright
  • Yu Zhu

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This paper studies economies where firms acquire capital in primary markets and then, after idiosyncratic productivity shocks, retrade it in secondary markets that incorporate bilateral trade with search, bargaining, and liquidity frictions. We distinguish between full or partial sales (one firm gets all or some of the other’s capital) and document several long- and short-run empirical patterns between these variables and the cost of liquidity, as measured by inflation. Quantitatively, the model can match these patterns plus the standard business cycle facts. We also investigate the impact of search frictions, monetary and fiscal policy, persistence in shocks, and returns to scale.

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  • Wei Cui & Randall Wright & Yu Zhu, 2025. "Endogenous Liquidity and Capital Reallocation," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 133(1), pages 146-189.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/732522
    DOI: 10.1086/732522
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    1. Miroslav Gabrovski & Athanasios Geromichalos & Lucas Herrenbrueck & Ioannis Kospentaris & Sukjoon Lee, 2025. "How does asset market liquidity affect the real economy? A quantitative assessment of the transmission channels," Working Papers 202501, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics.
    2. Gu, Chao & Jiang, Janet Hua & Wang, Liang, 2025. "Credit conditions, inflation, and unemployment," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 230(C).
    3. Lukas Altermatt & Kohei Iwasaki & Randall Wright, 2023. "General Equilibrium with Multiple Liquid Assets," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 51, pages 267-291, December.
    4. Gillman, Max & Csabafi, Tamas Z. & Benk, Szilard & Matyas, Laszlo & Smith, Mitchell P. & Harris, Mark N., 2026. "Revisiting neoclassical growth theory: A primary role for inflation and capacity utilization," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).

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