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An analytical model of search and bargaining with divisible money

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  • Kamiya, Kazuya

    (Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University)

  • Kubota, So

    (Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University)

Abstract

We propose a standard search and bargaining model with divisible money, in which only the random matching market opens and the generalized Nash bargaining settles each trade. Assuming fixed production costs, we analytically characterize a tractable equilibrium, called a {\it pay-all equilibrium}, and prove its existence. Each buyer pays all the money holding as a corner solution to the bargaining problem and each seller produces a positive amount of goods as an interior solution. The bargaining power parameter affects the distribution of the money holdings and possibly induces economic inefficiency. We propose a redistributional monetary transfer that adjusts the bargaining outcome and improves the allocation efficiency. Moreover, we analyze a temporary expansion of the money supply that increases social welfare through a redistribution.

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  • Kamiya, Kazuya & Kubota, So, 2025. "An analytical model of search and bargaining with divisible money," Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 20(2), May.
  • Handle: RePEc:the:publsh:6001
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    JEL classification:

    • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • E40 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - General
    • E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General

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