Intertemporal general equilibrium and monetary theory

Jacques Dreze and Heracles M. Polemarchakis
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Heracles M. Polemarchakis: Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain la Neuve, Belgium

No 1998053, LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: The introduction of banks that issue money and supply balances and pay out their profits as dividends is the natural modification of the model of general competitive equilibrium that encompasses monetary economies. Competitive equilibria exist. Nevertheless, eventhough there is a well defined money market, competitive equilibrium allocations are indeterminate.On an event tree with N nodes, of which S terminal, there are N + S degrees of nominal and, possibly real, indeterminacy. Monetary policy removes some degrees of indeterminacy through a choice of instruments, set according to a state-contingent rule. Interest rates are suitable instruments for the control of expected inflation but not of the variability of inflation.Monetary policy is also effective due to redistributive effects and nominal rigidities.

Keywords: Money policy; equilibrium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D50 E40 E50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-09-01
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