A divisible search model of fiat money

Econometrica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-102

  Shi, Shouyong ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coincidence of wants; Fiat money; Neutrality; Search; Superneutrality; Trading opportunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002875521     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171814     Document Type: Article

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