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A note on the societal benefits of illiquid bonds

A note on the societal benefits of illiquid bonds Abstract Kocherlakota (2003) provides an example of a monetary economy where efficiency is enhanced with the introduction of a nominally risk‐free bond that is specifically designed to be illiquid. The societal benefit of an illiquid bond in his example, however, is transitory, and he does not characterize an optimal policy. I use an analytically tractable framework to characterize an optimal intervention and to show that the purported benefits of an illiquid bond market persist in a steady state. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue Canadienne D'économique Wiley

A note on the societal benefits of illiquid bonds

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0008-4085
eISSN
1540-5982
DOI
10.1111/j.1540-5982.2010.01626.x
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Abstract

Abstract Kocherlakota (2003) provides an example of a monetary economy where efficiency is enhanced with the introduction of a nominally risk‐free bond that is specifically designed to be illiquid. The societal benefit of an illiquid bond in his example, however, is transitory, and he does not characterize an optimal policy. I use an analytically tractable framework to characterize an optimal intervention and to show that the purported benefits of an illiquid bond market persist in a steady state.

Journal

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue Canadienne D'économiqueWiley

Published: Feb 1, 2011

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