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We evaluate the desirability of having an elastic currency generated by a lender of last resort that prints money and lends it to banks in distress. When banks cannot borrow, the economy has a unique equilibrium that is not Pareto optimal. The introduction of unlimited borrowing at a zero...
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The biggest and most well-known unsolved problem in academic finance is famously referred to as the Equity Premium Puzzle. It refers to the unexplained phenomenon that for over 100 years the average return on a well-diversified portfolio of equities has far outperformed that of risk-free,...
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This monograph challenges the myth that the recent banking crisis was caused by insufficient statutory regulation of financial markets. Though it finds that statutory regulation failed, and that market participants took more risks than they should have done, it appears that statutory regulation...
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This paper analyzes whether and how central banks can use currency options to lower exchange rate volatility and maintain (implicit) target zones in foreign exchange markets. It argues that selling rather than buying options will result in market makers dynamically hedging their long option...
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Central banks (CB) around the world are currently exploring the implications of issuing a new form of sovereign currency known as Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Introducing CBDC is a compelling need for governments and CBs alike, as powerful private players have already taken the lead in...
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Liquidity Facility, Commercial Paper Funding Facility, Money Market Investor Funding Facility, Primary Dealer Credit Facility …
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This paper develops a framework to study the interaction between banking, price dynamics, and monetary policy. Deposit contracts are written in nominal terms: if prices unexpectedly fall, the real value of banks' existing obligations increases. Banks default, panics precipitate, economic...
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during the nineteenth century to facilitate interregional payments and flows of liquidity and credit. Vast sums moved through … affected the system's resilience to solvency and liquidity shocks and whether those shocks might have been contagious. We find … that the interbank system became more resilient to solvency shocks but less resilient to liquidity shocks as banks sharply …
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during the 19th century to facilitate interregional payments and flows of liquidity and credit. Vast sums moved through the … the system's resilience to solvency and liquidity shocks and whether these shocks might have been contagious. We find that … the interbank system became more resilient to solvency shocks but less resilient to liquidity shocks as banks sharply …
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