In Search of a Monetary Anchor : A "New" Monetary Standard.

This paper explores recent versions of older ideas for stabilizing the value of money based on an independently defined unit of account. The gold standard was such a system, but suffered from gold's fluctuating relative value and the costly need to redeem money for gold. This paper explores mon...

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Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1989.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1989/082
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF