Arbeitspapier

On the Equivalence of Private and Public Money

When does a swap between private and public money leave the equilibrium allocation and price system unchanged? To answer this question, the paper sets up a generic model of money and liquidity which identifies sources of seignorage rents and liquidity bubbles. We derive sufficient conditions for equivalence and apply them in the context of the “Chicago Plan”, cryptocurrencies, the Indian de-monetization experiment, and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Our results imply that CBDC coupled with central bank pass-through funding need not imply a credit crunch nor undermine financial stability.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 7741

Classification
Wirtschaft
Money and Interest Rates: General
Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General
General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)
National Budget, Deficit, and Debt: General
Subject
money creation
monetary system
inside money
outside money
equivalence
CBDC
Chicago Plan
sovereign money

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Brunnermeier, Markus K.
Niepelt, Dirk
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2019

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Brunnermeier, Markus K.
  • Niepelt, Dirk
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2019

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