Title
Risk Premium Shifts and Monetary Policy: A Coordination Approach
Author(s)
Stephen Morris Stephen Morris (Princeton University)
Hyun Song Shin Hyun Shin (Bank for International Settlements)
Abstract
We explore a global game model of the impact of monetary policy shocks. Risk-neutral asset managers interact with risk-averse households in a market with a risky bond and a floating rate money market fund. Asset managers are averse to coming last in the ranking of short-term performance. This friction injects a coordination element in asset managers’ portfolio choice that leads to large jumps in risk premiums in response to small future anticipated changes in central bank policy rates. The size of the asset management sector is the key parameter determining the extent of market disruption to monetary policy shocks.
Creation Date
2015-12
Section URL ID
Paper Number
075_2016
URL
https://economics.mit.edu/files/17310
File Function
Jel
E43, E52, E58
Keyword(s)
market liquidity, risk-taking channel, runs
Suppress
false
Series
10