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We study information acquisition in a flexible framework with strategic complementarity or substitutability in actions and a rich set of externalities that are responsible for possible wedges between the equilibrium and the efficient acquisition of information. First, we relate the...
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We create an alternative version of the present utility value formula to explicitly show that every store-of-value in the economy bears utility-interest (non-pecuniary income) for its holder regardless of possible interest earnings from financial markets. In addition, we generalize the...
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We assess the quantitative implications of the re-use of collateral on financial market leverage, volatility, and … significantly increases volatility in financial markets. When introducing limits on re-use, we find that volatility is strictly …
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We assess the quantitative implications of collateral re-use on leverage, volatility, and welfare within an infinite … used to back more transactions. Re-use thus contributes to the buildup of leverage and significantly increases volatility in … financial markets. When introducing limits on re-use, we find that volatility is strictly decreasing as these limits become …
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In this paper we examine the quantitative effects of margin regulation on volatility in asset markets. We consider a … presence of collateral constraints leads to strong excess volatility. Thus, a regulation of margin requirements may have … in the regulation of one class of assets may have only small effects on these assets' return volatility if investors have …
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in EUR swap yields and their volatility. The results of the estimated models of EUR swap yields of different maturity …
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We revisit a traditional topic in monetary economics: the relationship between asset prices and monetary policy. We study a model in which money helps facilitate trade in decentralized markets, as in Lagos andWright (2005), and real assets are traded in an over-the-counter (OTC) market, as in...
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There are several widely used benchmark models of the long-term interest rate in quantitative finance. However, these models have yet to incorporate Keynes's valuable insights about interest rate dynamics. The Keynesian approach to interest rate dynamics can be readily incorporated in the...
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