Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/77576 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 24
Publisher: 
University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Zurich
Abstract: 
In reaction to the monetary turmoil created by the financial crisis of September 2008, both legislative and constitutional reforms have been proposed in different Countries to introduce Commodity Money alongside existing National Fiat Currency. A thorough evaluation of the Economic consequences of these new proposals is warranted. This paper surveys some of the existing knowledge in Monetary and Financial Economics for the purpose of answering the significant Economic questions raised by these new political initiatives.
JEL: 
E42
E52
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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