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A Model of Secular Stagnation: Theory and Quantitative Evaluation / Gauti B. Eggertsson, Neil R. Mehrotra, Jacob A. Robbins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eggertsson, Gauti B.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w23093.
- NBER working paper series no. w23093
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2017.
- Summary:
- This paper formalizes and quantifies the secular stagnation hypothesis, defined as a persistently low or negative natural rate of interest leading to a chronically binding zero lower bound (ZLB). Output-inflation dynamics and policy prescriptions are fundamentally different from those in the standard New Keynesian framework. Using a 56-period quantitative life cycle model, a standard calibration to US data delivers a natural rate ranging from -1:5% to -2%, implying an elevated risk of ZLB episodes for the foreseeable future. We decompose the contribution of demographic and technological factors to the decline in interest rates since 1970 and quantify changes required to restore higher rates.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- January 2017.
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