Carter, Thomas J.; Mendes, Rhys R. - 2020
We analyze money financing of fiscal transfers (helicopter money) in two simple New Keynesian models: a "textbook …" model in which all money is non-interest-bearing (e.g., all money is currency), and a more realistic model with interest …-bearing reserves. In the textbook model with only non-interest-bearing money, we find the following: A money-financed fiscal expansion …