A search-based model of the interbank money market and monetary policy implementation

Morten Bech () and Cyril Monnet

Journal of Economic Theory, 2016, vol. 164, issue C, 32-67

Abstract: We present a search-based model of the interbank money market and monetary policy implementation. Banks are subject to reserve requirements and the central bank tenders reserves. Interbank payments redistribute holdings and banks trade with each other in a decentralized (over-the-counter) market. The central bank provides standing facilities where banks can either deposit surpluses or borrow to cover shortfalls of reserves overnight. The model provides insights on liquidity, trading volume, and rate dispersion in the interbank market – features largely absent from the canonical models in the tradition of Poole (1968) – and fits a number of stylized facts for the Eurosystem observed during the recent period of unconventional monetary policies. Moreover, it provides insights on the implications of different market structures.

Keywords: Interbank market; Monetary policy implementation; Unconventional monetary policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E5 G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2015.08.007

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