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What is the Monetary Standard

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  • Robert L. Hetzel

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The monetary standard emerges out of the interaction of monetary policy with the structure of the economy. Characterization of the monetary standard thus requires specification of a model of the economy with a central bank reaction function. Such a specification raises all the fundamental issues of identification in macroeconomics.

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  • Robert L. Hetzel, 2015. "What is the Monetary Standard," Working Paper 15-16, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
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    • E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General

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