Macroprudential Policies and the Lucas Critique

6 Pages Posted: 5 Oct 2016

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Bálint L. Horváth

University of Arizona - Eller College of Management

Wolf Wagner

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Date Written: September 2016

Abstract

The Lucas Critique provides a cautionary background for the implementation of new policies. Rational agents tend to anticipate the consequences of new policies and may adopt their behavior in ways that affect the effectiveness of policies. New financial regulation, which is moving from a microprudential to a macroprudential view of the world, is based on our experiences with past crises episodes and is in essence backward-looking. We argue that it may hence lead to unexpected outcomes when financial intermediaries change their behavior in response to a modified financial architecture. We discuss several areas in which such adjustment behavior is likely and derive suggestions for how macroprudential policies can be improved to limit such problems, as well as highlighting areas for further research.

Full publication: Macroprudential Policy

Suggested Citation

Horváth, Bálint L. and Wagner, Wolf, Macroprudential Policies and the Lucas Critique (September 2016). BIS Paper No. 86f, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2844250

Bálint L. Horváth (Contact Author)

University of Arizona - Eller College of Management ( email )

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Wolf Wagner

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) ( email )

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Netherlands

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