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THE THEORY OF MONETARY INSTIUTIONS

Lawrence White

 

Blackwell, Malden, Massachusetts, 1999, 269 pgs., index, references, notes, figures and tables, paperback

 
 

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1 The Evolution of Market Monetary Institutions

 
 

2 - Commodity Money

 
 

3 - Money Issue by Unrestricted Banks

 
 

4 - The Evolution and Rationales of Central Banking

 
 

5 - Should Government Play a Role in Money?

 
 

6 - Should Government Play a Role in Banking?

 
 

7 - Seigniorage

 
 

8 - Central Bank as Bureaucracy

 
 

9 - Political Business Cycle Hypotheses

 
 

10 - Discretion and Dynamic Inconsistency

 
 

11 - Monetary Rules

 
 

12 - Competitive Supply of Fiat-type Money

 
 

13 - Cashless Competetive Payments and Legal Restrictions

 

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