Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/89885 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7777
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Distributional consequences typically receive limited attention in economic models that analyze the effects of monetary and financial sector policies. These consequences deserve more attention since financial markets are incomplete, imperfect, and economic agents' access to them is often limited. This limits households' ability to insure against household-specific (or sector-specific) shocks and magnifies the distributional effects of aggregate macroeconomic fluctuations and associated policy responses. These effects are likely to be even larger in emerging market and low-income economies beset by financial frictions. The political economy surrounding distributional consequences can sometimes lead to policy measures that reduce aggregate welfare. I argue that it is important to take better account of distributional rather than just aggregate consequences when evaluating specific policy interventions as well as the mix of different policies.
Subjects: 
income and wealth distribution
inequality
emerging markets
financial frictions
monetary policy
macroeconomic policies
JEL: 
E5
E6
F4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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