Can banks individually create money out of nothing? - The theories and the empirical evidence
This paper presents the first empirical evidence in the history of banking on the question of whether banks can create money out of nothing. The banking crisis has revived interest in this issue, but it had remained unsettled. Three hypotheses are recognised in the literature. According to the finan...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2014-12.
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | Get fulltext |