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author Höfer, Felix
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contents We study a model of the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level (FTPL) in a Bewley-Huggett-Aiyagari framework with heterogeneous agents. The model is set in continuous time, and ex post heterogeneity arises due to idiosyncratic, uninsurable income shocks. Such models have a natural interpretation as mean-field games, introduced by Huang, Caines, and Malhamé and by Lasry and Lions. We highlight this connection and discuss the existence and multiplicity of stationary equilibria in models with and without capital. Our focus is on the mathematical analysis, and we prove the existence of two equilibria in which the government runs constant primary deficits, which in turn implies the existence of multiple price levels.
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spellingShingle Price Levels in Heterogeneous-Agent Models
Höfer, Felix
Theoretical Economics
Optimization and Control
We study a model of the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level (FTPL) in a Bewley-Huggett-Aiyagari framework with heterogeneous agents. The model is set in continuous time, and ex post heterogeneity arises due to idiosyncratic, uninsurable income shocks. Such models have a natural interpretation as mean-field games, introduced by Huang, Caines, and Malhamé and by Lasry and Lions. We highlight this connection and discuss the existence and multiplicity of stationary equilibria in models with and without capital. Our focus is on the mathematical analysis, and we prove the existence of two equilibria in which the government runs constant primary deficits, which in turn implies the existence of multiple price levels.
title Price Levels in Heterogeneous-Agent Models
topic Theoretical Economics
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26065