Bond Premium Cyclicality and Liquidity Traps

Abstract Safe asset shortages can expose an economy to liquidity traps. The nature of these traps is determined by the cyclicality of the bond premium. A counter-cyclical bond premium opens the possibility of expectations-driven liquidity traps in which small issuances of government debt crowd out p...

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Published in:The Review of economic studies 2023-11, Vol.90 (6), p.2822-2879
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