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Simple search models have equilibria where some agents accept money and others do not. We argue such equilibria should not be taken seriously. This is unfortunate if one wants a model with partial acceptability. We introduce heterogeneous agents and show partial acceptability arises naturally and robustly. There can be multiple equilibria with different degrees of acceptability. Given the type of heterogeneity we allow, the model is simple: equilibria reduce to fixed points in [0, 1]. We show that with other forms of heterogeneity equilibria are fixed points in set space, and there is no method to reduce this to a problem in R 1.
We thank seminar participants at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Indiana University, Purdue University, University of Toronto, the 2002 Midwest Macroeconomics Conference at Vanderbilt University, and the 2001 Conference on Economic Dynamics at the University of Essex. The National Science Foundation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland provided financial support. Braz Ministerio de Camargo and Gabriel Camera provided some helpful suggestions.
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Shevchenko, A., Wright, R. (2006). A simple search model of money with heterogeneous agents and partial acceptability. In: Aliprantis, C.D., Yannelis, N.C., Camera, G. (eds) Recent Developments on Money and Finance. Studies in Economic Theory, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29500-3_11
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