Hasman, Augusto; Samartín, Margarita; van Bommel, Jos - In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 45 (2014) C, pp. 111-125
We analyze an overlapping generations economy where agents interact to share liquidity risk. We show that a pure exchange economy has excessive trade in equilibrium because agents interact to rebalance their portfolios. Intergenerational financial intermediaries reduce the number of interactions...