Andolfatto, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper, I provide a rationale for why money should earn interest; or, what amounts to the same thing, why risk …-free claims to non-interest-bearing money should trade at discount. I argue that interest-bearing money is essential when … individual money balances are private information. The analysis also suggests one reason for why it is sufficient (as well as …