OECD currency supply. Although dollar holdings appear to exceed DM holdings by a factor of four, the advent of the euro may change this balance. Indeed, by issuing large-denomination notes of 100, 200 and 500, the European Central Bank appears to be well poised to challenge the dominance of the ubiquitous US $100 note. However, large-denomination notes are also extremely popular in the OECD und...

The purpose of the study is to understand the profile (if any) of the typical Prosecco wine consumer, for both Controlled Denomination of Origin (CDO) and Controlled and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin (CGDO) types, with a twofold objective. First, the study aims at contributing to the economics literature dealing with opening the “black box of preferences” and understanding consumers’ behavi...

In this paper, we examine how the decisions of churches are impacted by the decisions of rival churches. Using a novel data set of Christian churches in two suburban Nashville, TN counties, we estimate a model of strategic interaction, based on empirical models of discrete games, which accounts for the location and denomination of churches. We focus on a church’s decision of whether to provide ...

Aim of study: To analyse the role that valuable resources and agglomeration would play in decision to produce organic wines.
 Area The Controlled Designation Origin (DOC) Rioja wine industry Spain, leading qualified denomination origin Spain.
 Material methods: Taking into account nature dependent variable, a binomial logit model was used.
 Main results: This paper confirms signi...

A geographical indication (GI) seal granted to a product certifies its territorial origin as well the link between quality and human natural characteristics of production environment (terroir). An existing challenge in process setting up GI for is delimiting geographic area that properly represents terroir generates expected development after grant this protection seal. This article presents to...

Cash is an extremely useful social contrivance. Two possible drawbacks of high-denomination cash have recently been discussed by Kenneth Rogoff in his book, The Curse of Cash, and echoed by other economists. They are the extensive use of high-denomination cash by criminals and others engaged in illicit and corrupt activities, and the role that cash plays in avoiding deeply negative nominal inte...