annual wholesale price indexes for the period 1948-76. The data on money shocks are the unanticipated money growth series … results are negative. They reject the hypothesis that unexpected money shocks, as measured by Barro, affect price dispersion …

magnitude of the unperceived money growth. The testing of this hypothesis requires two preliminary steps. First, a price … unperceived money growth. This estimation implies the postulation of an available information set and also a function relating the … variables in this set to money creation. The function used was based on considerations related to government demand for revenue …

We formulate a generalization of the traditional medium-of-exchange function of money in contexts where there is … that the option to settle transactions directly with money strengthens the stance of sellers of goods and services vis … "latent money demand" considerations imply monetary policy remains effective through medium-of-exchange channels even if the …

It is difficult for private agents to produce money that circulates at par with no questions asked. We study two cases … of privately-produced money: pre-Civil War U.S. private banknotes and modern stablecoins. Private monies are introduced … more money-like, but they do not always achieve a positive convenience yield. Technology advances and reputation formation …

This paper studies why the General Theory had so much impact on the economics profession through the 1960s, why that … impact began to wane in the 1970s, and why many economic policymakers cling to many of the tenets of the General Theory. We … qualitatively to patterns discussed in the General Theory, that econometric developments in the area of simultaneous equations made …

We present an infinite horizon model with capital in which fiat money and barter are two competing means of payment …. Fiat money has value because barter is limited by the extent of a double coincidence of wants. The pattern of exchange … generally involves both money and barter. We find that the Chicago rule is sufficient for Pareto efficiency, while nominal …

Treasury bills and other near-money assets provide owners with liquidity service benefits that are reflected in prices … of money: The liquidity service benefits of near-money assets are more valuable when short-term interest rates are high … and hence the opportunity cost of holding money is high. Consistent with this prediction, the liquidity premium of T …

We develop a theory that rationalizes the use of a dominant unit of account in an economy. Agents enter into non …