Money demand in part reflects a portfolio decision. As equities have become a significant store of household wealth, it seems plausible that variations in equity markets could affect money demand. We re-specify a standard money demand equation to include stock market volatility and revisions to...

In an overlapping generations economy, lenders fund risky investment projects of firms by drawing up loan contracts in the presence of an informational asymmetry. An optimal contract entails the issue of only debt, only equity, or a mix of the two. The equilibrium choice of contract depends on...

We study economies with an essential role for liquid assets in transactions. The model can generate multiple stationary equilibria, across which asset prices, market participation, capitalization, output and welfare are positively related. It can also generate a variety of nonstationary...

This paper uses the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity - Autogressive Moving Average (GARCH-ARMA) and the Exponentially General Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity- Autogressive Moving Average (EGARCH-ARMA) models to examine the relationship between United States...

The 2009 surge in bank lending in China was accompanied by allegations of substantial funds being funneled into the nation's stock and property markets. This paper uses 1999-2011 data to examine the possible linkages between lending activity, real estate prices, stock prices and inflation. We...

The 2009 surge in bank lending in China was accompanied by allegations of substantial funds being funneled into the nation's stock and property markets. This paper uses 1999-2011 data to examine the possible linkages between lending activity, real estate prices, stock prices and inflation. We...