Asset prices and wealth inequality in a simple model with idiosyncratic shocks

Authors

  • Sergio Salas Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Abstract

This paper analytically solves a heterogeneous agent model with idiosyncratic shocks to marginal utility of consumption and explores the effects of the borrowing constraint on the price of the asset, the composition of borrowers and lenders in the credit market, and wealth inequality. Results are derived in a stylized model and in a pedagogical fashion.

Keywords:

Asset prices, borrowing constraints, wealth inequality, heterogeneous agents