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We create an alternative version of the present utility value formula to explicitly show that every store-of-value in the economy bears utility-interest (non-pecuniary income) for its holder regardless of possible interest earnings from financial markets. In addition, we generalize the...
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volatility, ostensibly improving market efficiency. But it also reduces each agent's consumption through a decrease in the price …
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volatility, and increase the share of profits for unsophisticated human traders. Our results offer unique evidence that non …
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We assess the quantitative implications of collateral re-use on leverage, volatility, and welfare within an infinite … used to back more transactions. Re-use thus contributes to the buildup of leverage and significantly increases volatility in … financial markets. When introducing limits on re-use, we find that volatility is strictly decreasing as these limits become …
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We assess the quantitative implications of collateral re-use on leverage, volatility, and welfare within an infinite … used to back more transactions. Re-use thus contributes to the buildup of leverage and significantly increases volatility … in financial markets. When introducing limits on re-use, we find that volatility is strictly decreasing as these limits …
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nonlinear external habits can rationalize the evidence, and it implies that the competitive volatility of consumption is … volatility (a targeting of risk premia) rather than on filling the gap between consumption and its flexible-price counterpart …
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the central bank should prioritize removing consumption volatility (a targeting of risk premia) over filling the gap …
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This paper shows that (i) fluctuations driven by self-fulfilling expectations can negatively affect long-run growth and (ii) the welfare gain from further stabilizing the U.S. economy can be several orders larger than that calculated by Lucas (1987) because policies designed to reduce...
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rate by amplifying the volatility of the economy; and 3) the welfare gain of stabilization policy can be enormous (e.g., as …
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