the origin of the aggregate volatility reduction. We show that states with relatively high concentrations in the durable-goods …

frictions giving rise to money as a medium of exchange are explicitly modeled. The framework is a three period OLG model where … production efficiency in the search market. In the absence of record-keeping, the government uses flat money as a substitute for … distortionary taxation of money may be needed as part of the optimal policy even if lump-sum taxes are available. …

We study the effects of money (anticipated inflation) on capital formation. Previous papers on this topic adopt reduced …-form approaches, putting money in the utility function or imposing cash in advance, but use otherwise frictionless models. We follow a … literature that is more explicit about the frictions making money essential. This introduces several new elements, including a …

real money growth). Heteroskedasticity may be accounted for by making the covariance matrix a function of the regime. We …

"This paper studies strategic asset allocation and consumption choice in the presence of regime switching in asset … the longer their investment horizon, while the optimal allocation to stocks declines as a function of the investment … returns from the dividend yield give rise to a non-monotonic relationship between the investment horizon and the demand for …

"This paper studies the relationship between civil war and private investment in a poor, resource abundant country …