This paper describes a simple general equilibrium model in which a permanent easing of monetary policy, engineered via open market purchases, may produce a permanent decrease in the real interest rate and a permanent increase in the inflation rate. Under somewhat stronger assumptions, the...

The authors examine the effects of free trade on a small open economy within a dynamic generalized cash-in-advance model. They provide a complete characterization for the possibility of harmful trade and suggest alternative economic policies that can convert the loss associated with free trade...

Does monetizing a deficit always result in a higher rate of inflation than bond financing the same deficit? T. J. Sargent and N. Wallace (1981) produced conditions under which the answer was negative ('unpleasant monetarist arithmetic'). Subsequent authors have challenged the empirical validity...

In this paper, we expand previous models with banks and money and explore the consequences of seasonals in the banking system. We find that, when bank failures occur, not all of them have associated large output losses and currency premiums exist. We show that the most important sources of...

Existing models of banking panics contain no role for monetary factors and fail to explain why some banking systems experienced panics while others did not. A monetary model is constructed, where seasonal variations in the demand for liquidity and credit play a critical role in generating...

Three economic environments are reviewed and, in each, organizations play an essential role. For an adve rse selection insurance economy, the authors find that when mutual in surance arrangements are permitted, an equilibrium necessarily exists and is optimal. This example, and two others,...