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Transaction costs, the value of convenience, and the cross-section of safe asset returns / Ragnar Juelsrud, Plamen Nenov, Fabienne Schneider, Olav Syrstad.FB3-5/2025-34E-PDF

"In this paper we study the cross-section of equilibrium returns on safe assets using a tractable asset pricing model with a micro-founded demand for liquidity and multiple safe assets with heterogeneous transaction costs. A key feature of our model is the "value of convenience," which is an equilibrium object that measures the level of liquidity risk-sharing in the economy. Changes in asset supply or the transaction cost of a single safe asset affect aggregate liquidity and the returns of all assets. The model features a pecuniary externality, which investors fail to internalize when forming their portfolios and which impacts equilibrium welfare. Therefore, policies that increase the payoff on the most liquid asset improve welfare in the competitive equilibrium. We test the main predictions of our theory using a novel measure of relative (in)convenience yields in the US Treasury market"--Abstract, page ii.

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Department/Agency
  • Bank of Canada, issuing body.
TitleTransaction costs, the value of convenience, and the cross-section of safe asset returns / Ragnar Juelsrud, Plamen Nenov, Fabienne Schneider, Olav Syrstad.
Series title
  • [Staff working paper = Document de travail du personnel], 1701-9397 ; 2025-34
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Cover title.
  • Incorrect series statement (Staff analytical note/Note analytique du personnel) printed in this publication.
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-33).
  • Includes abstracts in English and French.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada = Banque du Canada, November 25, 2025.
  • ©2025
Author / Contributor
  • Juelsrud, Ragnar 1986- author.
Description1 online resource (ii, 20 pages) : graphs.
Catalogue number
  • FB3-5/2025-34E-PDF
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