Salvaging Gresham's law: The good, the bad, and the illegal

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 637-649

  Selgin, George ^a  

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EID: 0038877946     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2078075     Document Type: Article

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