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Simple fiscal arithmetic of a dual currency regime

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  • Francesco Lippi

    (LUISS University and EIEF)

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There are several real world examples of local governments that, faced with budget problems, circulate a fiat token in parallel to the official currency. We present a simple model to analyze the workings of equilibria where the parallel currency is valued in equilibrium and discuss its consequence for real allocations in terms of a simple equivalent fiscal policy.

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  • Francesco Lippi, 2019. "Simple fiscal arithmetic of a dual currency regime," EIEF Working Papers Series 1908, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), revised May 2019.
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