Money and Capital
S. Boragan Aruoba, Christopher J. Waller and Randall D. Wright
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2
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58
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Journal of Monetary Economics
98-116
March
2011
Abstract
The effects of money (anticipated inflation) on capital formation is a classic issue in macroeconomics. Previous papers adopt reduced-form approaches, putting money in the utility function, or imposing cash in advance, but using otherwise frictionless models. We follow instead a literature that tries to be explicit about the frictions making money essential. This introduces new elements, including a two-sector structure with centralized and decentralized markets, stochastic trading opportunities, and bargaining.