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Legal Restrictions, "Sunspots," and Peel's Bank Act: The Real Bills Doctrine versus the Quantity Theory Reconsidered

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This paper considers two questions: (1) what is the purpose of legal restrictions intended to separate "money" fr om "credit markets," and (2) is such a separation desirable? It is argued that historical legal restrictions meant to achieve such a sep aration were designed to preclude the occurrence of sunspot equilibri a. It is also shown that a coherent model can be constructed in which sunspot equilibria exist in the absence of legal restrictions, but n ot if money and credit markets are separated. Nevertheless, there is no obvious welfare justification for such a separation. Copyright 1988 by University of Chicago Press.

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  • Smith, Bruce D, 1988. "Legal Restrictions, "Sunspots," and Peel's Bank Act: The Real Bills Doctrine versus the Quantity Theory Reconsidered," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 96(1), pages 3-19, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jpolec:v:96:y:1988:i:1:p:3-19
    DOI: 10.1086/261521
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