This paper revisits the relationship between money and long-run growth when liquidity demand at the �rm level is explicitly modelled. Through a set of sensitivity analyses, I �nd that this relationship could be positive, negative, or display a hump shape depending on the size of average...

This paper explores the existence of rational bubbles in the pricing of an asset that pays no dividend. I find that when "the spirit of capitalism" is introduced into a growth model, rational bubbles do exist provided that the marginal benefit from holding wealth is nontrivial relative to the...

This paper discusses the existence of a bubble in the pricing of an asset that pays positive dividends. I show that rational bubbles can exist in a growing economy. The existence of bubbles depends on the relative magnitudes of risk aversion to consumption and to wealth. Furthermore, I examine...

This paper provides a simple infinite-horizon model of rational bubbles in a production economy. The bubble can arise because of the pursuit of status, which captures the main point of "the spirit of capitalism". I illustrate that the extent of "the spirit of capitalism" determines whether a...

This paper discusses the existence of a bubble in the pricing of an asset that pays positive dividends. I show that rational bubbles can exist in a growing economy. The existence of bubbles depends on the relative magnitudes of risk aversion to consumption and to wealth. Furthermore, I examine...