How (Not) to Sell Money

Arup Daripa ()

Macroeconomics from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: A repo auction is a multi-unit common value auction in which bidders submit demand functions. Such auctions are used by the Bundesbank as well as the European Central Bank as the principal instrument for implementing monetary policy. In this paper, we analyze a repo auction with a uniform pricing rule. We show that under a uniform pricing rule, the usual intuition about the value of exclusive information can be violated, and implies free riding by uninformed bidders on the information of the informed bidders, lowering payoff of the latter. Further, free riding can distort the information content of auction prices, in turn distorting the policy signals, hindering the conduct of monetary policy. The results agree with evidence from repo auctions, and clarifies the reason behind the Bundesbank's decision to switch away from the uniform price format. Our results also shed some light on the rationale behind the contrasting switch to the uniform price format in US Treasury auctions.

Keywords: Repo auction; Informational Free Riding; Monetary Policy Signals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D44 E50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2005-11-17
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cba, nep-fmk, nep-mac and nep-mon
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