Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: Nov, 1981, Volume 49, Issue 6

Optimal Spending and Money Holdings in the Presence of Liquidity Constraints

https://doi.org/0012-9682(198111)49:6<1559:OSAMHI>2.0.CO;2-B
p. 1559-1570

Elhanan Helpman

For an individual with a time independent flow of real income who maximizes the discounted flow of utilities over an infinite horizon, the paper provides an exact characterization of the expenditure and money demand functions. Utility is derived only from consumption while all payments are made in the form of money. Money, which is the only asset, is used both for transaction purposes and as a store of value.


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