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The Blockchain Revolution : Decoding Digital Currencies

Andolfatto, David; Martin, Fernando M. - 2022

in 2009. This article presents an overview of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, and their applications, explaining … payments; cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and the double-spending problem of digital money; decentralized finance; and central …

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Trends in Crypto-Currencies and Blockchain Technologies : A Monetary Theory and Regulation Perspective

Peters, Gareth - 2015

The internet era has generated a requirement for low cost, anonymous and rapidly verifiable transactions to be used for online barter, and fast settling money have emerged as a consequence. For the most part, e-money has fulfilled this role, but the last few years have seen two new types of...

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Asymmetric monetary policy rules for the euro area and the US

Maih, Junior; Mazelis, Falk; Motto, Roberto; … - 2021

We analyse the implications of asymmetric monetary policy rules by estimating Markovswitching DSGE models for the euro area (EA) and the US. The estimations show that until mid-2014 the ECB's response to inflation was more forceful when inflation was above 2% than below 2%. Since then, the ECB's...

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Asymmetric monetary policy rules for the euro area and the US

Maih, Junior; Mazelis, Falk; Motto, Roberto; … - 2021

We analyse the implications of asymmetric monetary policy rules by estimating Markovswitching DSGE models for the euro area (EA) and the US. The estimations show that until mid-2014 the ECB's response to in ation was more forceful when in ation was above 2% than below 2%. Since then, the ECB's...

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CBDC next-level : a new architecture for financial "super-stability"

Bossone, Biagio; Haines, Michael R. - 2023

Fractional reserve regimes generate fragile banking, and full reserve regimes (e.g., narrow banking) remove fragility at the cost of suppressing the role of banks as lenders. A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) could provide safe money, but at the cost of potentially disrupting bank lending....

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Issuing a Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency: Why and How

Pfister, Christian - In: Intereconomics 59 (2024) 1, pp. 35-40

Although there are currently four retail central bank digital currencies in circulation, no central bank has yet issued the wholesale form of a central bank digital currency. There are good reasons to do so, however, and central banks have already conducted projects in this area. A wholesale...

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Testing the monetary policy rule in the US: A reconsideration of the Fed's behaviour

Minford, Patrick; Ou, Zhirong - 2009

We calibrate a standard New Keynesian model with three alternative representations of monetary policy- an optimal timeless rule, a Taylor rule and another with interest rate smoothing- with the aim of testing which if any can match the data according to the method of indirect inference. We find...

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Nicht zu früh bremsen!: Der Einfluss der Geldpolitik auf die langfristige Wirtschaftsentwicklung in Deutschland und den USA

Schettkat, Ronald; Sun, Rongrong - 2009

Neutralität von Geldpolitik wurde diese bei der Suche nach den Ursachen europäischer Arbeitslosigkeit verschont. Tatsächlich … Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen. Wir argumentieren, dass das Zusammenwirken negativer Schocks und einer restriktiven Geldpolitik die wesentliche -wenn … Europa war. Die Bundesbank -Europas 'Zentralbank' vor Etablierung der EZB- hat eine asymmetrische Geldpolitik in dem Sinne …

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Monetary and macroprudential policies in an estimated model with financial intermediation

Gelain, Paolo; Ilbas, Pelin - 2014

We estimate the Smets and Wouters (2007) model augmented with the Gertler and Karadi (2011) financial intermediation sector on US data by using real and financial observables. Given the framework of the estimated model, we address the question whether and how standard monetary policy should...

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Extra-Terrestrial Applications of Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies

Hegadekatti, Kartik - 2016

It will be logistically and economically inappropriate to carry paper money or coins during space travel. The cost associated with such an undertaking is prohibitive and also illogical. We evaluate as to how value based transactions can be conducted in outer space. In this paper, the...

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