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Financial Frictions

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  • Robert E. Hall

    (Hoover Institution and Department of Economics, Stanford University, National Bureau of Economic Research)

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A comprehensive measure of financial friction is the difference between the return businesses earn from capital—plant and equipment—and the market cost of capital. The latter is the amount that investors earn from holding financial claims. I measure this friction as the difference between the marginal product of capital adjusted for capital gains and losses on that capital and the short-term interest rate. The friction measured in that way rose to an unprecedented level after the financial crisis that began in late 2008 and remained high four years later. Macro models show that overall economic activity is seriously adversely affected by such a large widening of frictions.

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  • Robert E. Hall, 2013. "Financial Frictions," International Journal of Central Banking, International Journal of Central Banking, vol. 9(2), pages 155-163, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ijc:ijcjou:y:2013:q:2:a:8
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    1. Robert E. Hall, 2010. "Why Does the Economy Fall to Pieces after a Financial Crisis?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 24(4), pages 3-20, Fall.
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    4. Wesselbaum, Dennis, 2019. "Jobless recoveries: The interaction between financial and search frictions," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 1-1.
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    7. Donal Smith, 2016. "The International Impact of Financial Shocks: A Global VAR and Connectedness Measures Approach," Discussion Papers 16/07, Department of Economics, University of York.

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    JEL classification:

    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions

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