Mises and the moderns on the inessentiality of money in equilibrium

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-13

  Luther, William J ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Austrian economics; Epistemic frictions; Evenly rotating economy; Exchange frictions; Gift exchange; Infinite games; Matching; Mises; Monetary economics; Money; Search; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959081781     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11138-015-0321-0     Document Type: Article

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