Arbeitspapier

Central bank purchases of government bonds

We develop a dynamic general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of central bank purchases of government bonds by investigating the following three questions: Under what conditions are these purchases socially desirable, what incentive problems do they mitigate, and how large are these effects? We show that by purchasing government bonds, central banks induce agents to increase their demand for money, which increases the value of money and thereby improves the allocation and welfare. We then analyze the post-crisis period and show that implementing the zero lower bound was optimal and worth 0:014 percent of total consumption.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 193 [rev.]

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Incomplete Markets
Externalities
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Money and Interest Rates: General
Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation
Thema
monetary theory
over-the-counter markets
open market operations
money demand
pecuniary externality

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Huber, Samuel
Kim, Jaehong
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Zurich, Department of Economics
(wo)
Zurich
(wann)
2015

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Huber, Samuel
  • Kim, Jaehong
  • University of Zurich, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2015

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