The tax-foundation theory of fiat money

Economic Theory

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 489-497

  Goldberg, Dror ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fiat money; Inflation; Legal tender; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861347317     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-010-0564-8     Document Type: Article

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