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This paper investigates the drivers of support for market mechanisms (competition and optimizing behavior by agents). We elicit such attitudes using concrete and simplified situations where respondents face a tradeoff between an economically efficient situation and a pro-social objective. We...
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likely to accept exchange of money as a solution to personal problems, and their attitudes towards business were less warm …
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We examine public trust in the European Central Bank (ECB) and its determinants using data from the Bundesbank Household Panel survey for Germany. Employing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates insights from political science and psychology, we offer a fresh perspective on the factors...
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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functions of money. So-called stable coins are intended to bridge this gap, but whether they can be successfully scaled up and …
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