Gorton, Gary; Ross, Chase P.; Ross, Sharon Y. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
of privately-produced money: pre-Civil War U.S. private banknotes and modern stablecoins. Private monies are introduced …It is difficult for private agents to produce money that circulates at par with no questions asked. We study two cases … more money-like, but they do not always achieve a positive convenience yield. Technology advances and reputation formation …