Counterfeit money is the topic of television, movies, and lore but hardly seen by most of us - for only about one in ten thousand notes is found to be counterfeit, annually, in the USA (Judson and Porter 2003). And while the value of globally seized and passed counterfeit American dollars has...

The paper uses the framework of Obstfeld and Rogoff's model to study the impact of monetary shocks on exchange rate, terms of trade, and welfare in the context of a North-South trade. The authors show that a relative Northern monetary expansion can depreciate or appreciate its currency depending...

To ensure free access to a patented innovation while protecting the patentee’s profit, I would like to propose new legislation of patents, in which the International Central Bank would supply the Intellectual Property Currency. The Currency would enhance innovations based on the concept of...