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question, focusing on liquidity constraints and uninsurable idiosyncratic risk. We consider a search model where agents use … reserves and the response of the economy tends to be larger. In this case, agents expect to be liquidity constrained and, due …
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Our paper reports the following two findings: 1) In monthly data, bond purchases by the Fed raise bond prices and reduce bond yields. The residual bond-supply to traders is not fully predictable, and this supply-risk adds between 10 and 40 basis points to the standard deviation of the real...
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liquidity effects. This paper discusses the basic frictions and mechanisms underlying this new class of models and investigates … long-lasting, quantitatively significant liquidity effects, as well as persistent increases in aggregate economic activity …
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If individuals have self-control problems, they may take up commitment contracts that restrict their spending. We experimentally investigate how contract design affects the demand for commitment contracts. Each participant divides money between a liquid account, which permits unrestricted...
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Treasury bills and other near-money assets provide owners with liquidity service benefits that are reflected in prices … in the form of a liquidity premium. I relate time variation in this liquidity premium to changes in the opportunity cost … of money: The liquidity service benefits of near-money assets are more valuable when short-term interest rates are high …
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We study the Ramsey policy problem in an economy in which firms face a collateral constraint. Issuing more public debt alleviates this friction by increasing the aggregate quantity of collateral. In so doing, however, the issuance of more debt also raises interest rates, which in turn increases...
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after a once and for all increase in liquidity. The gradual propagation mechanism produced by our model is novel in the … literature. We provide an analytical characterization of this mechanism, showing that the magnitude of the liquidity effect on …
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This paper presents new empirical evidence to support the hypothesis that positive money supply shocks drive short-term interest rates down. We then present a quantitative, general equilibrium model which is consistent with the hypothesis. The two key features of our model are that (i) money...
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Conventional wisdom holds that unanticipated expansionary monetary policy shocks cause transient but persistent decreases in real and nominal interest rates. However a number of econometric studies argue that the evidence favors the opposite view, namely that these shocks actually raise, rather...
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We present a dynamic structural model of subprime adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) borrowers making payment decisions taking into account possible consequences of different degrees of delinquency from their lenders. We empirically implement the model using unique data sets that contain information...
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