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Currency Backing

Currency Backing is a monetary regime under which a currency’s value is secured by a reserve asset or a commitment mechanism that formally links its issuance to specified tangible or institutional guarantees, thereby distinguishing it from unbacked or fiat currency systems.

28

Publications

766

Citations

43

Authors

26

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

Variants

Currency Cover

Parents

Publications

28

The stealth erosion of dollar dominance and the rise of nontraditional reserve currencies

Serkan Arslanalp, Barry Eichengreen, Chima Simpson-Bell · Journal of International Economics · 2022 · 88 citations

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Cryptocurrencies, currency competition, and the impossible trinity

Pierpaolo Benigno, Linda Schilling, Harald Uhlig · Journal of International Economics · 2022 · 65 citations · Full text

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Anchors Aweigh: The Transition from Commodity Money to Fiat Money in Western Economies

Angela Redish · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · 1993 · 65 citations

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Origins and Early History

John Macleod, Robin Gollan · The Australian Quarterly · 1969 · 43 citations

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The Rise of Alternative Currencies in Post‐Capitalism

Boyd Cohen · Journal of Management Studies · 2016 · 40 citations

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Authors

43

  1. PB
    Pierpaolo Benigno

    Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italy

    2 publications · 89 citations

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  2. LS
    Linda Schilling

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 89 citations

    2

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  3. SM
    Seyedehmahsa Moosavi

    Concordia University, Canada

    2 publications · 22 citations

    2

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  4. HU
    Harald Uhlig

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 89 citations

    2

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  5. DD
    Didem Demirağ

    Concordia University, Canada

    2 publications · 22 citations

    2

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Institutions

26

  1. International Monetary Fund

    Washington D.C., United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    186 citations

  2. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    66 citations

  3. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    89 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    89 citations

  5. Center for Economic and Policy Research

    Washington D.C., United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    153 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    88 citations

  7. Risk Engineering (Bulgaria)

    Sofia, Bulgaria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  8. Lebanese American University

    Beirut, Lebanon

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Political Economy

    JPE · 3 publications · 67 citations

    3

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3 publications · 73 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Journal of International Economics

    2 publications · 153 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Journal of applied corporate finance

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

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