Existence of Steady States with Positive Consumption in the Kiyotaki-Wright Model

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Journal: Review of Economic Studies
Year: 1991
Volume: 58
Issue: 5
Pages: 901-916

Authors (2)

S. Rao Aiyagari Neil Wallace (not in RePEc)

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Abstract

We prove the general existence of steady states with positive consumption in an N goods and fiat money version of the Kiyotaki-Wright model by admitting mixed strategies. We also show that there always exists a steady state in which everyone accepts a least costly-to-store object. In particular, if fiat money is one such object, then there always exists a monetary steady state. We also establish some other properties of steady states and comment on the relationship between steady states and (incentive) feasible allocations.

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RePEc Handle
repec:oup:restud:v:58:y:1991:i:5:p:901-916.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-24