Alternative monetary policies in a turnpike economy

Rodolfo Manuelli; Thomas J. Sargent

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Alternative monetary policies in a turnpike economy

Rodolfo Manuelli, Thomas J. Sargent

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This paper modifies a Townsend turnpike model by letting agents stay at a location long enough to trade some consumption loans, but not long enough to support a Pareto-optimal allocation. Monetary equilibria exist that are nonoptimal in the absence of a scheme to pay interest on currency at a particular rate. Paying interest on currency at the optimal rate delivers a Pareto-optimal allocation, but a different one than the allocation for an associated nonmonetary centralized economy. The price level remains determinate under an optimal policy. We study the response of the model to "helicopter drops" of currency, steady increases in the money supply, and restrictions on private intermediation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	727-762
Number of pages	36
Journal	Macroeconomic Dynamics
Volume	14
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100509990940
State	Published - Nov 2010

Keywords

Credit
Fiat Money
Friedman Rule
Pareto Optimality

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Economics and Econometrics

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