An optimizing model with overlapping generations and finance constraints is used to develop microfoundations for the monetary adjustment process under fixed exchange rates. The results are broadly consistent with those of the monetary approach to the balance of payments. However, it is shown...

Financial Institutions and Markets, 2/e emphasizes a functional focus on financial intermediaries and markets such as government securities, mortgage, corporate debt, equity markets, derivatives, and market microstructure. Chapters cover liquidity and risk, regulation, and developing financial...

The theory of money that emerged from the Keynesian Revolution is coming increasingly into question, and a variety of new theories are being put forward as alternatives. The most promising is one I will call the finance constraint theory. This paper is a progress report on its development. It is...