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Households’ liquidity preference, banks’ capitalization and the macroeconomy: a theoretical investigation

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  • Missaglia, Marco
  • Botta, Alberto

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In this paper we build a simple model on the role of households’ liquidity preference in the determination of economic performance. We postulate, for the sake of the argument, a purely “horizontalist” environment, i.e., a world of endogenous money where the central bank is able to fix the interest rate(s) at a level of its own willing. We show that even in such a framework liquidity preference, while obviously not constituting anymore a theory for the determination of the interest rate, continues to be a key element for the determination of both the level and evolution over time of aggregate income and capital accumulation. In our model, this happens because of the working of a mechanism so far unexplored in the literature, i.e., the endogenous variations of banks’ policy of profits’ distribution in response to changes in the liquidity preference of the public.

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  • Missaglia, Marco & Botta, Alberto, 2022. "Households’ liquidity preference, banks’ capitalization and the macroeconomy: a theoretical investigation," Greenwich Papers in Political Economy 36807, University of Greenwich, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre.
    • Handle: RePEc:gpe:wpaper:36807
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    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook

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