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Legal Tender

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  • Dror Goldberg

    (Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University)

Abstract

The legal foundation of the monetary system is the law of legal tender. The “legal tender” concept is used in models to describe almost anything except for what it really means in actual laws. Such errors prevent an accurate evaluation of the importance of this legal status. This note explains in simple terms what “legal tender” really means.

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  • Dror Goldberg, 2009. "Legal Tender," Working Papers 2009-4, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:biu:wpaper:2009-4
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    1. What is legal tender
      by Economic Logician in Economic Logic on 2010-04-16 19:42:00
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      by Miguel in Simoleon Sense on 2010-04-19 00:47:02

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    1. Beat Weber, 2013. "Ordoliberale Geldreform als Antwort auf die Krise?: Bitcoin und Vollgeld im Vergleich," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 82(4), pages 73-88.

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    Keywords

    Legal tender; Contract law; Taxes;
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    JEL classification:

    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law

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