Is Financial Friction Irrelevant to the Great Depression? – Simple modification of the Carlstrom-Fuerst model –
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چکیده
It is argued that existing theory implies that financial frictions appear as investment wedges. Since data show that the output declines in the Great Depression were mainly due to the productivity declines, it is also argued that financial frictions may not be the primary cause of the depression. By slightly modifying the model of Carlstrom and Fuerst (1997), I show that financial frictions may show up as declines in productivity. This result may restore the relevance of financial frictions to the Great Depression and other depression episodes, such as Japan's ``lost decade.''
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The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level
Charles T. Carlstrom is an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and Timothy S. Fuerst is an associate professor of economics at Bowling Green State University and a visiting scholar at the Bank. The authors would like to thank Larry Christiano and Terry Fitzgerald for helpful comments.
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