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- Title
Polycentric banking and macroeconomic stability.
- Authors
Salter, Alexander William; Tarko, Vlad
- Abstract
We contribute to the post-crisis literature onmacroeconomic stability by arguing that polycentric banking systems can better achieve stability than monocentric systems. Building on the theories of E. Ostrom, we engage the literature on free banking systems to show that these systems met the requirements of polycentric governance systems, and that the unintentional result of the underlying governance institutions was macroeconomic stability. In contrast, modern central banking, because it is monocentric, lacks important features regarding knowledge aggregation and incentive compatibility conducive to generating macroeconomic stability. We conclude by discussing various legal barriers that stand in the way of a transition from monetary monocentrism to monetary polycentrism.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ECONOMIC equilibrium; CENTRAL banking industry; MACROECONOMICS; OSTROM, Elinor, 1933-2012; CORPORATE governance; MONETARY policy
- Publication
Business & Politics, 2017, Vol 19, Issue 2, p365
- ISSN
1469-3569
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/bap.2016.10