This paper uses a dynamic general equilibrium model to study the economic effects of bank account debits (BAD) taxation. Australia and various Latin American countries have levied or levy BAD taxes. Aspects such as financial disintermediation, market illiquidity, and impacts on dividend and...

We calibrate an artificial monetary economy, similar to the one proposed by Chari, Kehoe and McGrattan (2000), to the post-Real Plan Brazilian economy. We use simulations to evaluate the effects of price rigidity over the business cycles. Economies with little rigidities perform better than...