This paper considers a credit mechanism for selecting a unique competitive equilibrium (CE). It is shown that in general there exists a “price-normalizing” bundle, with which the enlargement of the general-equilibrium structure to allow for default subject to appropriate penalties results in a construction of a simple credit mechanism for a credit using society to select a unique CE. With some ...

One of the fundamental questions concerning inside money is whether its issuers should be regulated and how. This paper evaluates the e¢ ciency of one prevalent regulatory recommendation –a requirement that private issuers redeem inside money on demand at par – in a random-matching model of money where the issuers of inside money are only imperfectly monitored. I …nd that for su¢ ciently imperf...

Recently the Bundesbank claimed that monetary targeting has become considerably more di cult by the increased volatility of short term money growth The present paper investigates the impact of German money growth volatility on income velocity and money demand in view of Friedman s money growth volatility hypothesis Granger causality tests provide some evidence for a velocity volatility linkage ...

In reaction to the monetary turmoil created by the financial crisis of September 2008, both legislative and constitutional reforms have been proposed in different Countries to introduce Commodity Money alongside existing National Fiat Currency. A thorough evaluation of the Economic consequences of these new proposals is warranted. This paper surveys some of the existing knowledge in Monetary an...

HE money-inflation relationship has been examined extensively for avariety of economies resulting in a consensus that money growth has had a significant and positive impact on inflation.’ A related, but little studied issue, is the relationship between money growth rates across countries. This issue is important for assessing the extent to which inflation pressures have been transmitted froni c...

1. Money has three functions: it is a store of value, a unit of account, and a medium of exchange. As a store of value, money provides a way to transfer purchasing power from the present to the future. As a unit of account, money provides the terms in which prices are quoted and debts are recorded. As a medium of exchange, money is what we use to buy goods and services. 2. Fiat money is establi...