Banknote Printing at Modern Central Banking: Trends, Costs, and Efficiency

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
476
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
E50, C33, C23, C43
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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