Titel:Does a CBDC Reinforce Inefficiencies?
Autor:Fuchs, Max
Veröffentlicht:2022
URI:https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/es/2024/0736
URN: urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-es2024-07362
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17192/es2024.0736
ISSN: 1867-3678
DDC:330 Wirtschaft
Publikationsdatum:2024-01-19
Lizenz:https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0

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Schlagwörter:
CBDC, welfare analysis, inefficiencies

Summary:
This paper examines whether a central bank digital currency (CBDC) reinforces inefficiencies in transactions with cash. In this case, the gap between the traded quantity and the welfare-maximizing one, which arises due to discounting or a suboptimal amount of money, increases further. To get some answers, the monetary search model of Trejos and Wright (1995) is extended by a CBDC. We show that an interest-bearing CBDC reinforces inefficiencies in transactions with cash since opportunity costs for cash holders and money supply increase. Nevertheless, a CBDC is able to increase welfare as long as the share of CBDC holders is limited.


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