Irving Fisher's encounter with the Quantity theory of Money began in the 1890s, during the debate about bimetallism, and reached its high point in 1911 with the publication of The Purchasing Power of Money. His most important refinement of the theory, derived from his recognition of bank...

Irving Fisher's encounter with the Quantity theory of Money began in the 1890s, during the debate about bimetallism, and reached its high point in 1911 with the publication of The Purchasing Power of Money. His most important refinement of the theory, derived from his recognition of bank...

Was auch immer von Experten und Laien als Geld definiert und angesehen wird: Es repräsentiert ökonomische Werte. Und nur solange das der Fall ist, wird es von den Akteuren einer Volkswirtschaft als Tausch- und Zahlungsmittel akzeptiert. Der Mechanismus, der die Stabilität der repräsentierten...

"This paper outlines a model of the first true central bank, the Bank of Amsterdam, founded in 1609. Employing a variant of the Freeman (1996) model of money and payments, we first analyze the problematic monetary situation in the Netherlands prior to the founding of the Bank. We then use the...