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On the Societal Benefits of Illiquid Bonds

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  • David Andolfatto

    (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Simon Fraser University, and the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)

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Kocherlakota (2003) presents an example of a monetary economy where efficiency is enhanced with the introduction of a nominally risk-free bond that is specifically designed to be illiquid. In his environment, an asset market involving swaps of money for bonds effects a socially desirable redistribution of purchasing power that might otherwise be replicated by a policy of type-contingent money transfers. In this paper, I recast Kocherlakota’s model in a fully dynamic quasilinear model and characterize optimal interventions when type-contingent transfers are feasible and when they are not. When they are not, an illiquid bond is essential. However, I also find that an illiquid bond may remain essential even when type-contingent transfers are feasible.

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  • David Andolfatto, 2009. "On the Societal Benefits of Illiquid Bonds," Working Paper series 13_09, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis.
    • Handle: RePEc:rim:rimwps:13_09
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    1. Kocherlakota, Narayana R., 2003. "Societal benefits of illiquid bonds," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 108(2), pages 179-193, February.
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