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implications of our model for monetary economics. When a central bank increases the money supply, it must inject the money … somewhere in the economy. We demonstrate that the agent closest to the location where money is injected is better off, and the …. Symmetrically, any decrease in the money supply redistributes purchasing power in the other direction. We also outline the testable …
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Money, which provides liquidity, is distinct from debt. The introduction of a bank that issues money in exchange for …
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This paper analyzes awards as a means of motivation prevalent in the scientific community, but so far neglected in the economic literature on incentives, and discusses their relationship to monetary compensation. Awards are better suited than performance pay to reward scientific tasks, which are...
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The general equilibrium model with incomplete financial markets (GEI) is extended by adding fiat money, fiscal and … monetary policy and a cash-in-advance constraint. The central bank either pegs the interest rate or money supply while the …
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I suggest the idea of a reporting function, r(.), from reality to feelings. The 'happiness' literature claims we have demonstrated diminishing marginal utility of income. I show not, and that knowing r(.)'s curvature is crucial. A quasi-experiment on heights is studied.
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The monetary economy has properties that cannot be analyzed using the tools of today's dynamic general equilibrium analysis. Keynes's economics, far from being an aberration in the otherwise orderly evolution of modern macroeconomics from Adam Smith's ideas about the invisible hand, was a major...
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This paper examines Robert E. Lucas's views on the relationship of macroeconomics to real world economic phenomena, and on Keynes's place in its history, suggesting that these stem from a particular and debatable understanding of how the subdiscipline has evolved. It considers some implications...
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modified to account for observed money growth and inflation trends, and that monetary trends may serve as a useful cross … persistent errors in monetary policy and sustained trends in money growth and inflation. If interest rate prescriptions derived … from Keynesian-style models are augmented with a cross-check against money-based estimates of trend inflation, inflation …
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