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Central Bank Money: Liability, Asset, or Equity of the Nation?

Michael Kumhof | Jason Grant Allen | Will Bateman | Rosa María Lastra | Simon Gleeson | Saule Omarova

What exactly is central bank money? A Bank of England £10 note is a promise by the bank of England to pay £10—a promise which can only be discharged by the delivery of another £10 note. Is that a...

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Border Problems in Fintech Regulation: the ‘Border’ between the ‘Real World’ and ‘Cyberspace’

Jason Grant Allen | Rosa María Lastra

Since the 1990s, the Internet has become the communications channel by which an increasing number of commercial and financial transactions take place. But already in the 1990s, it was clear that the...

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Virtual currencies in the Eurosystem: challenges ahead

Rosa María Lastra | Jason Grant Allen

In a recent in-depth study commissioned by the European Parliament ECON Committee, we explore the legal and regulatory challenges for the Eurosystem that arise from the startling growth of the market...

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