Asset Prices in a DSGE Model with Financial Frictions
| Author: | Mgr. Ing. Adam Kučera |
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| Year: | 2015 - summer |
| Leaders: | Ing. Aleš Maršál M.A. |
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| Work type: | Economic Theory Masters |
| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 136 |
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| Link: | https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/zzp/detail/152006/ |
| Abstract: | The thesis examines the ability of DSGE models with financial elements to explain financial asset prices. A neoclassical macroeconomic model is used, including a financial constraint in the form of a restriction on external financing. Moreover, the strictness of the restriction is affected by an external financial shock. It is shown, that the combination of the financial constraint and the fi- nancial shock contributes to understanding of the macroeconomic fluctuations, asset price dynamics and their mutual impact. The calibration for the United States demonstrates that the financial shock is an important source of the asset price volatility. Contrary, when calibrated to the Czech data, the financial shock generates only moderate asset price volatility, as a consequence of a positive correlation with the productivity shock. To address the issue, the model is further extended by a sector of financial intermediaries and a preference shock related to the risk-aversion of economic subjects, and the extension is shown to improve the result. |
