Why does overnight liquidity cost more than intraday liquidity?

Joydeep Bhattacharya, Joesph Haslag and Antoine Martin ()

Staff General Research Papers from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: In this paper, we argue that the observed difference in the cost of intraday and overnight liquidity is part of an optimal payments system design. In our environment, overnight liquidity affects output while intraday liquidity affects only the distribution of resources between money holders and non-money holders. The low cost of intraday liquidity is explained by the Friedman rule. The optimal cost differential achieves the twin objective of reducing the incentive to overuse money at night and encouraging payment-risk sharing during the day.

Keywords: Overnight liquidity; Intraday liquidity; Friedman rule; Monetary policy; Random-relocation models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-07-29

Published in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2009, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 1236-1246.

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Working Paper: Why does overnight liquidity cost more than intraday liquidity? (2007)
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