Abstract
There is wide agreement that currency was not available in conveniently small denominations prior to the 19th century. Here, estimates of the costs of providing and maintaining money (coins) in 15th century Europe and parameterized versions of a matching model of money are used to find the optimal degree of divisibility. Although the optima are sensitive to the specification of the matching model, the optimal sizes we find agree in order of magnitude with the sizes of the most common coins in 15th century Europe.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 541-556 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Review of Economic Dynamics |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 Jul 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Coinage in the fifteenth century
- Divisibility of currency
- Matching model
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
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Optimal divisibility of money when money is costly to produce. / Lee, Manjong; Wallace, Neil.
In: Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 9, No. 3, 01.07.2006, p. 541-556.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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