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Technological progress and institutional adaptations: the case of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

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  • Riccardo De Bonis

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Giuseppe Ferrero

    (Bank of Italy)

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The paper summarizes the debate about the proposed introduction of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). We place the CBDC in the wider context of the different types of money used in market economies. We explore the most important ideas on why economic agents use money, on the history of money and on the distinction between public and private money. We then discuss the digitalization of the payment system and the main characteristics of cryptoassets. We conclude the paper by explaining the reasons for introducing a CBDC as well as the associated risks.

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  • Riccardo De Bonis & Giuseppe Ferrero, 2022. "Technological progress and institutional adaptations: the case of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 690, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
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    1. Bibi, Samuele & Canelli, Rosa, 2023. "The interpretation of CBDC within an endogenous money framework," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).

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    Keywords

    central bank digital currency; history of money; payment system; digitalization; digital euro;
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    JEL classification:

    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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