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Mengerian saleableness and commodity money in a Walrasian trading post example

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In an economy with commodity-pairwise trading posts and transaction costs, commodity money is endogenously determined in general equilibrium. Absent double coincidence of wants, the low-transaction cost commodity (with the narrowest proportional bid/ask price spread) becomes the common medium of exchange.

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  • Starr, Ross M., 2008. "Mengerian saleableness and commodity money in a Walrasian trading post example," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 100(1), pages 35-38, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:100:y:2008:i:1:p:35-38
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