Empirical studies in money, credit and banking : the Swedish credit market in transition under the silver and gold standards 1834-1913

The empirical results reached in this thesis contradict the traditional theoretical view of money as being exogenously introduced into an economy as a medium of exchange intended to reduce the transactions costs associated with barter. Instead money was endogenously created in the form of credit. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ögren, Anders
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, EHFF - Stiftelsen för Ekonomisk-historisk och Företagshistorisk Forskning 2003
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-1876
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