Cui, W;
Kaas, L;
(2021)
Default cycles.
Journal of Monetary Economics
, 117
pp. 377-394.
10.1016/j.jmoneco.2020.02.001.
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Abstract
Recessions are often accompanied by spikes of corporate default and credit spreads. This paper develops a tractable macroeconomic model in which credit spreads reflect the fundamental corporate default risk as well as an excess premium which responds to variation in self-fulfilling beliefs about credit conditions. The model is calibrated to evaluate the macroeconomic impact of belief shocks in comparison to standard fundamental shocks. Changes in credit market expectations generate sizable countercyclical responses of default and spreads together with endogenously persistent credit cycles, accounting for most of the volatility of corporate default and close to 40% of output growth volatility.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Default cycles |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2020.02.001 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2020.02.001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Corporate default; Credit spreads; Belief Shocks; Financial Shocks; Risky Steady State |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091137 |
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