کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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956599 | 1478741 | 2016 | 30 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• A model of money, credit, and banking is constructed in which the differential pledgeability of collateral and the scarcity of collateralizable wealth lead to a term premium.
• Purchases of long-maturity government debt by the central bank are always a good idea, but for unconventional reasons.
• A floor system is preferred to a channel system, as a floor system permits welfare-improving asset purchases by the central bank.
A model of money, credit, and banking is constructed in which the differential pledgeability of collateral and the scarcity of collateralizable wealth lead to a term premium – an upward-sloping nominal yield curve. Purchases of long-maturity government debt by the central bank are always a good idea, but for unconventional reasons. A floor system is preferred to a channel system, as a floor system permits welfare-improving asset purchases by the central bank.
Journal: Journal of Economic Theory - Volume 164, July 2016, Pages 136–165