Monetary Transaction Costs and the Term Premium

Author/Editor:

Raphael A Espinoza ; Dimitrios P. Tsomocos

Publication Date:

April 3, 2013

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

We show that, in a monetary equilibrium, trade and asset prices depend on both the supply of the liquidity by the Central Bank and the liquidity of assets and commodities. As a result, monetary aggregates are informative for the conduct of monetary policy. We also show asset prices are higher in liquidity-constrained states of nature. This generates a term premium even in absence of aggregate uncertainty. These results hold in any monetary economy with heterogeneous agents and short-term liquidity effects, where monetary costs act as transaction costs and the quantity theory of money is verified.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2013/085

Subject:

Asset prices Commodities Liquidity Monetary base Short term interest rates

English

Publication Date:

April 3, 2013

ISBN/ISSN:

9781484392331/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2013085

Pages:

38

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