Making sense of a crank case: monetary diversity in Argentina (1999–2003)

Gómez, Georgina M. and Dini, Paolo (2016) Making sense of a crank case: monetary diversity in Argentina (1999–2003). Cambridge Journal of Economics, 40 (5). pp. 1421-1437. ISSN 0309-166X

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Abstract

Based on empirical data, this study discusses the introduction, acceptance and circulation of two complementary currencies in Argentina that do not fit well in the main approaches to the nature of money. These two monetary circuits, provincial and community currencies, were introduced as units of account to denominate the value of debt and circulated as means of payment to overcome monetary stringency during the crisis of 1999-2003. After discussing several theories on the nature of money, we reflect on the institutional significance of currency circuits as concurrent and rather stable pairs of trade and money. We suggest that several theories of money need to be combined to account for the variety and heterogeneity of daily monetary practices in a broad spectrum of countries.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.oxfordjournals.org/en/
Additional Information:	© 2016 The Author
Divisions:	Media and Communications
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance
JEL classification:	E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2016 11:27
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 01:12
Projects:	WOTRO/NWO
Funders:	National Science Foundation
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/67120

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