The sovereign money initiative in Switzerland: an economic assessment
Abstract The sovereign money initiative will be submitted to the Swiss people in 2018. This paper reviews the arguments behind the initiative and discusses its potential impact. I argue that several arguments are inconsistent with empirical evidence or with economic logic. In particular, controlling...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-01-01
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Series: | Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-017-0010-y |