The paper analyses the relationship between the liquidity shock variance and the size of the reserve requirement. I calibrated the key parameters of the model for the Eurosystem and found that the standard deviation of the shock is roughly 10% of the average bank's current account holding. Using...

This paper analyses different operational central bank policies and their impact on the behaviour of the money market interest rate. The model combines profit maximising behaviour by commercial banks with the central bank supplying the liquidity that keeps the market rate on target. It seems...