Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro; Sanches, Daniel R. - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - 2011
-insure against the risk of not being able to use credit in some transactions. The authors consider a (nonlinear) monetary mechanism …The authors investigate the extent to which monetary policy can enhance the functioning of the private credit system …. Specifically, they characterize the optimal return on money in the presence of credit arrangements. There is a dual role for credit …