Why is there money? Endogenous derivation of 'money' as the most liquid asset: A class of examples

Economic Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 455-474

  Starr, Ross M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodity money; Double coincidence of wants; Fiat money; Scale economy; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038467273     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-002-0326-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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