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Liquidity and interest rates

Robert E. Lucas
- 01 Apr 1990 - 
- Vol. 50, Iss: 2, pp 237-264
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The authors analyzes a series of models in which money is required for asset transactions as well as for transactions in goods and characterizes these effects under various assumptions about the nature of securities traded and the behavior of shocks.
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This article is published in Journal of Economic Theory.The article was published on 1990-04-01. It has received 691 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Market liquidity & Interest rate.

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