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I study random-matching economies where at money coexists with real assets, and no restrictions are imposed on payment … the usefulness of at money. The liquidity of the real asset, as measured by its transaction velocity, is shown to depend …
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goal of targeting inflation rates. A central theme of all three works is the desirability of abstracting from money demand … in the analysis of monetary policy. In our review we focus the bulk of our discussion on the absence of money in these …
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model with divisible money, we show how this choice matters for important results such as the ability of the optimal …
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We revisit classic questions concerning the effects of money on investment in a new framework: a two-sector model where …
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analyze an economy where there is no transaction demand for money balances: Money is a mere unit of account. We determine a … transaction role for money. In the absence of menu costs, the Friedman rule is optimal. In the presence of menu costs, the optimal …
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investment, a variable that is usually a key predictor of recessions and recoveries. …
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We construct a model in which capital competes with fiat money as a medium of exchange, and establish conditions on … fundamentals under which fiat money can be both valued and socially beneficial. When the socially efficient stock of capital is too … rule, fiat money provides just enough liquidity so that agents choose to accumulate the same capital stock a social planner …
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Given estimates of shipping costs and scale economies for high-speed currency sorting, the authors investigate whether the Federal Reserve might lower its costs by reallocating the volume of sorting among its processing sites.
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Recent legislation has removed U.S. legal impediments to issuing private bank notes. At the same time, improved transaction technologies have enabled banks and other entities to issue various forms of "e-cash." Consequently, developed economies may soon see the reemergence of privately issued...
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The authors analyze a dual-currency search model in which agents may hold multiple units of both currencies. They study equilibria in which the two currencies are identical and equilibria in which the two currencies differ according to the magnitude of the "inflation tax" risk associated with...
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