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the rehypothecation of assets. We find that in high inflation-high interest rate economies, rehypothecation improves …
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A dynamic model with credit under limited commitment is constructed, in which limited memory can weaken the effects of punishment for default. This creates an endogenous role for government debt in credit markets, and the economy can be non-Ricardian. Default can occur in equilibrium, and...
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A simple model of monetary/labor search is constructed to study Keynesian indeterminacy and optimal policy. In the model, economic agents have trouble splitting the surplus from exchange appropriately, and we consider monetary and fiscal policies that correct this Keynesian inefficiency. A...
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We construct a model in which all consolidated government debt is used in transactions, with money being more widely … acceptable. When asset market constraints bind, the model can deliver low real interest rates and positive rates of inflation at …
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A model of money, credit, and banking is constructed in which the differential pledgeability of collateral and the …
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A model is constructed in which consumers and banks have incentives to fake the quality of collateral. Conventional monetary easing can exacerbate these problems, in that the mispresentation of collateral becomes more profitable, thus increasing haircuts and interest rate differentials. Central...
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This paper investigates the relationship between money growth, inflation, and productive activity in a general … equilibrium model where search frictions motivate the transactions role of money. The use of a multiple matching technique, where … frictions play in determining the extent to which inflation distorts relative prices, and the effect of money growth on firm …
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inside and outside money does and does not allow the economy to achieve a first-best allocation of resources. We also study …
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