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expect the monetary authority to significantly decrease the supply of bank money available for short term loans in the future …
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fractional reserves, redemption in gold and endogenous interest rate formation. We specify the conditions of enough money and its …
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experience independent demands for money but when it is desirable for each to maintain an independently determined sequence of … two goods are independent, and in which one production process experiences a shock in the demand for money arising from an … for-profit commercial banks inherently propagate shocks in money demand in one sector into price shocks with a tail of …
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storable; here in Part 2 we consider economies using durable money, fiat money, or credit. Under this framework we are able to … successfully contrast the role of private money lenders, banks, bilateral credit systems, and credit clearinghouses. We are also … distinctions between the different types of money and financial institutions. The models emphasize the physical properties of the …
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A model that includes the cost of producing money is presented and the nature of the inefficient equilibria in the …
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Part 2 use durable money, fiat money, or credit. Under this framework we are able to successfully contrast the role of … private money lenders, banks, bilateral credit systems, and credit clearinghouses. We are also able to model the importance of … distinctions among the different types of money and financial institutions. The models emphasize the physical properties of the …
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of money, it causes inflation, in the absence of monetary intervention. If the monetary authority attempts to restore pre-credit …The introduction and widespread use of credit cards increases trading efficiency but, by also increasing the velocity … card price levels by reducing the money supply, it might have to sacrifice the efficiency gains. When there is default on …
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Financial innovations that change how promises are collateralized can affect investment, even in the absence of any change in fundamentals. In C-models, the ability to leverage an asset always generates over-investment compared to Arrow Debreu. The introduction of CDS always leads to...
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We show that financial innovations that change the collateral capacity of assets in the economy can affect investment even in the absence of any shift in utilities, productivity, or asset payoffs. First we show that the ability to leverage an asset by selling non-contingent promises can generate...
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Our paper provides a complete characterization of leverage and default in binomial economies with financial assets serving as collateral. Our Binomial No-Default Theorem states that any equilibrium is equivalent (in real allocations and prices) to another equilibrium in which there is no...
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