Haroon Mumtaz , Queen Mary University of London Konstantinos Theodoridis , Cardiff Business School
December 28, 2017
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We show that US financial shocks have an impact on the distribution of UK income and consumption. Households with higher income and higher levels of consumption are affected more by this shock than households located towards the lower end of these distributions. An estimated multiple agent DSGE model suggests that the heterogeneity in the household responses can be explained by the different levels of access to financial markets. We find that this heterogeneity magnifies the effect of this shock on aggregate output.
J.E.L classification codes: D31, E32, E44
Keywords:FAVAR, DSGE model, Financial Shock