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In this paper, we explore the connection between optimal monetary policy and heterogeneityamong agents. We study a standard monetary economy with two types of agents inwhich the stationary distribution of money holdings is non-degenerate. Sans type-specific fiscalpolicy, we show that the...
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We study several popular monetary models which generate a non-degenerate stationary distribution of money holdings. Across these environments, our principal finding is as follows: a monetary policy that sets long run nominal interest rates to zero (the Friedman rule) does not typically maximize...
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