search query: @indexterm money / total: 443
reference: 124 / 443
| Author: | Haegler, U. |
| Title: | Fiat money and quality uncertainty |
| Journal: | Economica
1997 : NOV, VOL. 64:256, p. 547-565 |
| Index terms: | MONEY QUALITY UNCERTAINTY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The paper studies the role of money as a medium of exchange when barter trade is restricted not only by the double-coincidence-of-want requirement but also by private information about the quality of commodities. For this purpose, the model of Kiyotaki and Wright (1989) is extended to include commodities of both high and low quality. It is shown that, despite being intrinsically useless, fiat money may have value in trade because it is of uniform quality. |
SCIMA