The case for a “new” lira

The author considers the transaction costs implied by the long-term depreciation of the  Italian lira, which produced a sort of paradox: the lira is the monetary unit in Italy, but one lira coins or notes do not exist. According to the author such depreciation produces several distortions and should...

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Main Author: A. CAMPOLONGO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2014-02-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/11688