This paper presents a simple Ramsey-type model example where two infinitely-living agents have same utility function except for time preference, and shows that equilibrium is indeterminate that is to be interpreted as being non-existent. The issues regarding New Keynesian transversality...

We show that firms' nominal required returns to capital (i.e., their discount rates) are sticky with respect to expected inflation. Such nominally sticky discount rates imply that increases in expected inflation directly lower firms' real discount rates and thereby raise real investment. We...

We examine how the rise of leading companies of this age affects real interest rates. We define “superstar firms” as firms with higher productivity growth and less investment relative to their value-added, and we construct analytic and quantitative overlapping generations models in which...

Core bank deposits are a cheap funding source. Alternative lenders have to pay a spread above the banks' funding rate. However, by lending under the risk of negative rates, banks have to consider the zero-based floor option to close arbitrage opportunities. Alternative lenders, unlike banks, do...

Recent research argues the decline in real interest rates led to a large rise in economic profits and markups over the past several decades. We show the size of these estimates is sensitive to the sample start date: In a leading example, the rise in markups from 1981 to 2014 is 26% lower than...

Negative interest rates are a new phenomenon. Short-term deposit rates of the European Central Banks became negative in 2014 and sovereign debts of highly solvent countries followed. This paper measures the effect of short-term rates on short-term financial variables and of long-term rates on...

The purpose of this study is to find the effect of the exchange rate, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation, and the interest rate on Domestic Direct Investment (DDI) in Indonesia. This study uses multiple linear regression models and simple regression in the forms of semi-logarithmic. The...

Aim: The paper measures the impact of negative interest rates on listed firms in the original euro zone countries. It also measures the impact of the first COVID-19 year. Design / research methods: The paper uses panel data to measure the influence of the short-term ECB deposit rate and the...

We argue that the competition for inelastically supplied capital results in a strong transmission of interest rates to the price of capital, weakening the conventional negative effect of interest rates on investment. We study this effect by exploiting geographic heterogeneity in the cash flow...

The neutral rate of interest is an important concept and communication tool for central banks. We develop a small open economy model with overlapping generations to study the determinants of the neutral real rate of interest in a small open economy. The model captures domestic factors such as...