Essays on Money and Financial Institutions in the History of Economic Thought, USA History, and Theory | Posted on:2016-01-05 | Degree:Ph.D | Type:Dissertation | University:University of California, Irvine | Candidate:Komai, Alejandro Toyofusa | Full Text:PDF | GTID:1475390017470387 | Subject:Economics | Abstract/Summary: | | I study the institution of money. I provide a history of the real bills doctrine in its various forms through debates with the quantity theory of money. I provide a brief history of financial regulation in the USA. I use a monetary history of the USA to motivate a search and matching model of transition from commodity money to fiat. I provide a theoretical underpinning to the fact that monetary history is a history of commodity money. I extend my model to consider convertible money, oligarchy, two currencies, money and credit, and Aztec money. | Keywords/Search Tags: | History, Economic, Theory | | Related items |
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