An illustration inspired by a figure in Stiglitz, J.E. and Greenwald, B. (2003). Towards a New Paradigm in Monetary Economics.
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% Author: Rasmus Pank Roulund \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows,calc} \tikzset{ %Define standard arrow tip >=stealth', %Define style for different line styles help lines/.style={dashed, thick}, axis/.style={<->}, important line/.style={thick}, connection/.style={thick, dotted}, } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1] % Axis \coordinate (y) at (0,5); \coordinate (x) at (5,0); \draw[<->] (y) node[above] {$r$} -- (0,0) -- (x) node[right] {$\mathit{EV}$}; % A grid can be useful when defining coordinates % \draw[step=1mm, gray, thin] (0,0) grid (5,5); % \draw[step=5mm, black] (0,0) grid (5,5); % Let us define some coordinates \path coordinate (start) at (0,4) coordinate (c1) at +(5,3) coordinate (c2) at +(5,1.75) coordinate (slut) at (2.7,.5) coordinate (top) at (4.2,2); \draw[important line] (start) .. controls (c1) and (c2) .. (slut); % Help coordinates for drawing the curve % \filldraw [black] % (start) circle (2pt) % (c1) circle (2pt) % (c2) circle (2pt) % (slut) circle (2pt) \filldraw [black] (top) circle (2pt) node[above right, black] {$Q$}; % We start the second graph \begin{scope}[xshift=6cm] % Axis \coordinate (y2) at (0,5); \coordinate (x2) at (5,0); \draw[axis] (y2) node[above] {$r$} -- (0,0) -- (x2) node[right] {$L$}; % Define some coodinates \path let \p1=(top) in coordinate (sstart) at (1,.5) coordinate (sslut) at (4, 4.5) coordinate (dstart) at (4,.5) coordinate (dslut) at (1,4.5) % Intersection 1 coordinate (int) at (intersection cs: first line={(sstart)--(sslut)}, second line={(dstart)--(dslut)}) % Intersection 2 coordinate (int2) at (intersection cs: first line={(top)--($(10,\y1)$)}, second line={(dstart)--(dslut)}) % Intersection 3 coordinate (int3) at (intersection cs: first line={(top)--($(10,\y1)$)}, second line={(sstart)--(sslut)}); % Draw the lines \draw[important line] (sstart) -- (sslut) node[above right] {$S$} (dstart) -- (dslut) node[above left] {$D$}; \draw[connection] let \p1=(int2), \p2=(int3) in (int2)--(\x1,0) node[below] {$\mathit{L_D}$} (int3)--(\x2,0) node[below] {$\mathit{L_S}$}; \end{scope} %Finally, connect the two graphs \draw[connection] let \p1=(top), \p2=(x2) in (0,\y1) node[left] {$r^*$} -- (\x2, \y1); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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