Richardson, GaryRocheteau, GuillaumeKomai, Alejandro Toyofusa2015https://thuvienso.hoasen.edu.vn/handle/123456789/7207x, 146 p. : ill.I study the institution of money. I provide a history of the real bills doctrine in its various forms through debates with the quantity theory of money. I provide a brief history of financial regulation in the USA. I use a monetary history of the USA to motivate a search and matching model of transition from commodity money to fiat. I provide a theoretical underpinning to the fact that monetary history is a history of commodity money. I extend my model to consider convertible money, oligarchy, two currencies, money and credit, and Aztec money.enEconomicsEconomic historyEconomic theoryBanking historyMonetary searchReal bills doctrineDissertation