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Which Improves Welfare More : Nominal or Indexed Bond ?

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  • MAGILL, Michael

    (University of Southern California)

  • QUINZII, Martine

    (University of California, Denver)

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Economists have long argued that loan contracts should be indexed to remove the risks arising from fluctuations in the purchasing power of money: indexation however while eliminating one risk, substitutes another, arising from fluctuations in relative prices of goods. We present a theoretical framework which allows to assess, in a general equilibrium framework, the relative merits of a nominal versus an indexed bond.

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  • MAGILL, Michael & QUINZII, Martine, 1995. "Which Improves Welfare More : Nominal or Indexed Bond ?," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 1995072, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvco:1995072
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    1. Viard, Alan D, 1993. "The Welfare Gain from the Introduction of Indexed Bonds," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 25(3), pages 612-628, August.
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    7. Eisei Ohtaki & Hiroyuki Ozaki, 2015. "Monetary equilibria and Knightian uncertainty," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 59(3), pages 435-459, August.
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    JEL classification:

    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • H81 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Governmental Loans; Loan Guarantees; Credits; Grants; Bailouts

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