The coexistence of commodity money and fiat money

Olivier Ledoit and Sébastien Lotz

No 24, ECON - Working Papers from Department of Economics - University of Zurich

Abstract: In reaction to the monetary turmoil created by the financial crisis of September 2008, both legislative and constitutional reforms have been proposed in different Countries to introduce Commodity Money longside existing National Fiat Currency. A thorough evaluation of the Economic consequences of these new proposals is warranted. This paper surveys some of the existing knowledge in Monetary and Financial Economics for the purpose of answering the significant Economic questions raised by these new political initiatives.

Keywords: Currency competition; commodity money; fiat money; gold; safe haven; search models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E42 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-08
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